Upcoming Shows

Traditional Polish songs, with their cutting vocals and meshed fiddles are  the foundation of Warsaw Village Band’s repertory. But while their lineup is primarily acoustic – hand drums, hammered dilcimer, violins, cello – their sensibilities are modern. They hear dance -club drive and trancey echoes in the songs and they use recording studio techniques to heighten the central drones and eerie percussive sounds in their songs. Hints of reggae and guests like a scratching disc jockey should further infuriate purists

The New York Times

18.05
Ełk(PL)
02.06
Warszawa(PL)
Korzenie Europy - Park Bródnowski KZWW & BASSałyki
22.06
Warszawa(PL)
Wianki KZWW & BASSałyki
23.06
Wiączemin Polski(PL)
TBC
29.06
Międzyrzec Podlaski(PL)
TBC
13.07
Chutor Gorajec(PL)
Folkowisko
03.08
Łazy k. Goniądza(PL)
Tribalanga
19.11
Kraków(PL)
Impreza zamknięta
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News

"So hats off to the amazing, beautiful energy and precision and fresh delivery of WVB"

Iggy Pop

To celebrate its birthday, KZWW has a fantastic surprise for you for the next week.

All you have to do when finalizing your purchase is enter in the space for the promo code the answer to the question: how old is the Band? This is the discount (calculated in %) you will get on the purchase of our albums.

22 March 2023
26 Anniversary

When you reach a certain age, you don't pay attention to the next birthday. Because you can get short of breath. So let's assume the safe hypothesis that time is relative, the past no longer exists, and the future does not yet exist. So everything is happening here and now. And that's how we hit 26 springs. But we are not resting on our laurels. On April 1, we play with the splendid Aukso orchestra in Tychy. We cordially invite you! And we promise to surprise you this year! Yours and our health! Let it happen! 🌻🌼🌞🌛🥂🎂🎊🎉\ KzWW 1997 photo by Tomasz Myśluk

21 March 2023
We have been waiting for this moment for a very long time.

"Waterduction" is finally available on vinyl! Head to our website and place the order: https://karrot.pl/sklep/uwodzenie-kapela-ze-wsi-warszawa

25 November 2022
Our hearts grow when our music inspires you to create!

Check out our new animated video to the song 'Cradle'! Our dear friend Piotr Kaźmierczak has spent long six months polishing every single detail of this. In our humble opinion, the effect is stunning!

23 November 2022
Once upon a time, we appeared in a movie. It tells the story of our masters,

Polish folk musicians, who have been our inspiration throughout the years. You can watch the trailer here: The documentary has just received the award for best pictures at Logcinema Music Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We'd like to congratulate the movie's director - Grzegorz Szczepaniak, and the whole crew who worked on this. We also send our warmest wishes to our masters without whom making this movie would not be possible: Marianna Bienias, Zdzisław Kwapiński, Carniacy, Bandysionki, Eugeniusz Szymaniak. Special thanks to our strategic partner Mazowiecki Szlak Tradycji

19 November 2022
Auction "Waterduction" test press and help Ukraine!

Today, we'd like to share with you our youngest "baby"...Waterduction test press. Over 25 years of our career, a lot of good things happened to us. We'd like to give something back to the world. We're auctioning this record to support our dear friends from a charity called Folkowisko, who spend days and nights trying to help our dear Ukrainian neighbours. For those who haven't won... Don't worry, the record will go on sale this autumn! PS. Have we mentioned there are only two test pressings of this record? One stays with us, another one is for you.

21 March 2022
The best of Europe!
Good news keep on coming for „Waterducion”. It has just been awarded as the Best Album of Europe and 4th best album ( overall) of 2020-2021 in the Transglobal World Music Charts. That is a big positive impuls for us and for the future actions. Big thanks to our label Karrot Komando and Studio AS One - friends who producted that album.
13 September 2021
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Music

A very mature work with lots of energy. Another proof that we should have a closer look towards the Polish scene.

Folkworld

WATERDUCTION
Karrot Kommando 2020
mazovian re:action
Karrot Kommando 2017
Sun Celebration
Jaro 2016 / Karrot Kommando 2015
NORD
Jaro 2012 / Karrot Kommando 2012
Infinity
Jaro 2008 / Kayax 2009
Upmixing
Jaro 2008 / Kayax 2008
Uprooting
Jaro 2004 / Metal Mind 2005 / Karrot Kommando 2018
People's Spring
Jaro 2002 / Orange World 2001 / Karrot Kommando 2015
Hop Sa Sa
Kamahuk 1998 / Karrot Kommando 2014

The Band

With the women upfront and the guys in back, the group featured songs from their two recent albums, “People’s Spring” and “Uprooting.” Although the one-hour set was often dominated by noisy waves of rhythmic bowing from the two violin players, their string work frequently lacked melodic variety. But the other instruments, and especially the haunting female vocals, took up the slack.

Washington Post

Sylwia Swiatkowska
violin, viola, suka, vocals
Magdalena Sobczak
dulcimer (hackbrett), vocals
Ewa Walecka
violin, hurdy gurdy, vocals
Pawel Mazurczak
double bass
Maciej Szajkowski
frame drum, percussions
Milosz Gawrylkiewicz
trumpet, flugelhorn
Piotr Glinski
big drum, percussions
Mariusz Dziurawiec
live dub mix
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Movies

Music videos, concerts, and other camera events.

Oficjalne klipy
Water invocation
Justyn Kołakowski & Amadeusz Mytych
Wedding Whirl feat Maria Bienias
Papaya Films
Fly my dub - Studio AS One remix
Łukasz Rusinek
Oberek in major-minor
Armand Urbaniak and Dariusz Wrzoł
Misery Masovian Blues
Tomasz Knittel
She Celebrated Kupala
Julia Groszek
Leeeć
Armand Urbaniak
Midsummer Rain Song
a film by PSYCHOKINO
Hey You, Yokel's son
Grupa Filmowa 4zero4
My Fate
Armand Urbaniak
Cranes
Spiritual Revival
Jacek Kościuszko
In the forest
Step This and That
Szczepan Skibicki
Hemp Lullaby
Sylwia Kubus
Filmy z koncertów i wydarzeń
"My Faith"
"Solidarity of Arts" Gdansk. The honorary artist of this edition was Esperanza Spalding
Przystanek Woodstock
XX Przystanek Woodstock - Woodstock Festival 02.08.2014 r.
"Mathew"
Concert in Fabryka Trzciny
"She Celebrated Kupala" @ WrocLove 2016
feat. DHOAD Gypsies From Rajasthan
"Perkun's Fire" @ WrocLove 2016
feat. DHOAD Gypsies From Rajasthan
"To You Kasiunia"
feat. Leszek Możdżer
"I've Meet A Girl" @ Czwórka PR
Sun Celebration - macking off part 1
Kayhan Kalhor
Sun Celebration - macking off part 2
Mercedes Peón
NORD - macking off
December 2011