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In this edition of our Sunday Music Show, we feature Bellamy Moon, a young Prague-based band whose tunes are sure to make even the most reserved concert goers dance - or at least tap their foot.

In Sunday Music Show, you have a chance to follow the career of Petr Váša, one of the most original figures of the Czech musical scene. From his early days of avant-garde rock to his ‘physical poetry’, Petr Váša has explored some of the lesser known corners of popular music with his energetic, disquieting and sometimes rather eccentric creations.

This week's Sunday Music Show takes a well-earned look at Sylvie Bodorová, one of the main figures of Czech modern classical music for the last 30 years. Her compositions have been performed on every continent in that time, including Antarctica. She is one of few female composers whose work is a staple of classical musical festivals the world over and is featured on more than two dozen albums.

This week’s Sunday Music Show profiles violinist Pavel Šporcl whose enormous talent has won him international acclaim and whose unassuming stage presence makes his concerts a unique experience.

In this week’s Sunday Music Show we highlight some of brightest new rock and pop acts in the Czech Republic. Listen to fresh tracks from Bek Ofis and a brace by Prague funk outfit Monkey Business – as well as a classic from the first winner of Czech Pop Idol.

In this edition of our Sunday Music Show, we bring you the greatest hits by the popular pop rock outfit Chinaski, a band that has stormed the Czech charts many times.

In today's edition we look back at some of the most popular Czech bands in the 1990s, after the so-called Velvet divorce between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Bands and performers you’ll hear include the rock group Lucie, folksinger Jaromír Nohavica, jazzman Jiří Stivín and more.

This week’s Sunday Music Show is devoted to Karel Svoboda one of the country’s most prolific composers, the author of countless hit-songs, well-known scores for films, musicals, TV series and theatre productions. Although the man himself was never centre stage several generations of Czechs grew up with his music and people still hum many of his evergreens.

Hradišťan is one of the country’s most respected interprets of folk music. The band started as a folk music ensemble in the south Moravian town of Uherské Hradiště – hence the name – in the 1950s but its rise to popularity and critical acclaim began when Jiří Pavlica became the band’s leader, or primáš, in the 1970s.

In today’s programme we feature music by the hard rock and thrashmetal group Kabát, who have left a Godzilla-sized footprint on the Czech music scene. To date, the band headed by charismatic frontman Pepa Vojtek, has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and remains a major draw for fans of heavier music.