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April 17, 2021:

Magdalena Sobczak of Polish roots pioneers Warsaw Village Band on their chart-topping album Waterduction and more




For more than twenty years, Warsaw Village Band has been exploring Polish village traditions in wildly creative ways. They've inspired a Polish roots revival as younger musicians follow in their footsteps - but they're still leading the pack: Their latest album Waterduction hit #1 on both the Songlines and Transglobal world music charts. Magdalena Sobczak of Warsaw Village Band joins us to share the aqueous story of the new album and much more.

Warsaw Village Band links:

http://warsawvillageband.net/

https://www.facebook.com/WarsawVillageBand

https://www.instagram.com/warsawvillageband/

Warsaw Village Band's label, excellent Polish indie Karrot Kommando: https://karrot.pl/

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