Alexander Králik, the manufacturer of musical folk instruments is well known throughout the Banská Bystrica Region. He started playing the fujara, a traditional Slovak overtone flute, in the 1980s ...

In Slovak, the word 'dobro' means good. In music, the word has become a generic name for a certain type of instrument properly called resonator guitars. As the name might suggest, the latter was ...

is regarded as an integral part of the traditional culture of Central Slovakia. It is not just a musical instrument, but also an artefact of great artistic value due to its highly elaborate, ...

The Slovak Spectator (TSS): What was your route to klezmer ... Actually, it’s not about the instrument, it’s about music. You can have music, develop technique, and specific skills for a specific set ...

Acoustic instruments, field recordings ... and Norwegian double bass player Adrian Myhr forged a plan to combine elements of Slovak and Norwegian folk music, resulting in their 2021 debut album where ...

A fujara is (wait for it…) a large Slovak folk shepherd’s overtone fipple flute. Still not sure what it is? Here’s a bit more detail: the fujara is essentially a large woodwind instrument, in the same ...

PARMA, OH – A little bit of Slovakia came to Parma Saturday as St. Anthony of Padua hosted the 43rd Annual Slovak Festival on August 31st. Despite some rain on Sunday, the festival continued on ...

The music coming from Bratislava's iconic national radio building will be a little more Slovak in future Slovak radio listeners had better enjoy home-grown music, as broadcasters will likely have ...

Slovak radio listeners had better enjoy home-grown music, as broadcasters will likely have to play a lot more of it from next year. The government is proposing an amendment to the broadcast law ...