 Listen to samples at Musicline. Click here ...The several times prize-winning group DIKANDA from Szczecin plays Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish music, rich in tempo and with pop-music sounds. DIKANDA already has three CD's released: "Muzyka Czterech stron wschodu", "JAKHANA, JAKHANA" und "USZTIJO"
The group was founded in 1997 in Szczecin, Poland. Passion for the
traditional music and hard work let them create their own style and
original sound.
Their acoustic songs have been inspired wholly by Oriental culture, Balkan
folklore - Macedonian and Romanian. Typical Dikanda's style is creation of new words and meanings in composed songs.
Dikanda in one of the African's dialects stands for family. This is
directly connected with the group's spirit - they live and work as if it
was a small, loving family.
So far they have released 3 Cds, played hundreds of concerts, played on
many significant European festivals. They were given numerous prices,
including:
* I Price at the Festival „Nowa tradycja" in 1999
* I Price at the Festival „Eurofolk" in 1999
* III place at the Folk Phonogram of the Year for the record „Jakhana
Jakhana" in 2002
* I Price at the Folkherbstfestival, the "Eiserner Eversteiner" - the
only European Folkprice in Germany, Plauen 2004
They have played in India, Greece, and Russia and at the Montreux Jazz
Festival. They achieved their popularity and great sympathy folk audience
in many western-European countries (particularly in Germany, Austria,
Switzerland and Italy).
Dikanda are :
Ania Witczak - vocal, accordion
Kasia Dziubak- violin, vocal
Daniel Kaczmarczyk - percussion
Piotr Rejdak - guitar
Grzegorz Kolbrecki - double bass
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