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In this week’s Sunday Music we present up-and-coming singer-songwriter Barbora Mochowa. Dubbed the Czech Lana Del Rey, Barbora recently released her debut album Waiting for the White Raven – a collection of melancholic, soul-searching songs with a distinct “cosmic” feel. The willowy redhead with Russian roots says she draws inspiration from her own mood and the world around her.

In today’s edition of Sunday Music Show, we’ll be listening to the songs by David Koller, the legendary singer, drummer and frontman for the rock group Lucie, interpreted by a new generation of Czech musicians. David Koller, who this year won three Anděl awards for his most recent album ČeskosLOVEnsko, addressed musicians close to his heart, asking them to take a fresh approach to his old songs.

In today’s Sunday Music we will be listening to early recordings by the Czech rock group Abraxas, founded in 1976. The band released a new two-CD “Best of…” compilation called Nekonečný Boogie covering nine separate albums. Over the years the group, developed in different musical directions, including New Wave in the 1980s.

During the summer season the country’s castles and chateaux resound with live music as a backdrop to the fencing, dancing, food tasting and hand-craft events that take place there. In addition to medieval music the atmosphere of these historic sites is perfectly complemented by early music, haunting English, Scottish and Irish ballads as performed by two Czech bands Ginevra and Asonance. This week’s Sunday Music show will bring you the best of the latter group which this year celebrates 40 years on stage.

Today’s edition of Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the rock and blues singer and guitarist Michal Prokop and his 1972 album Město ER, which has been reissued on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Prokop, who has been part of the Czech music scene for over 50 years, marked the anniversary last weekend with a special concert in Loket. For the first time ever, audiences had a chance to hear a live performance of the art-rock composition Město ER, featuring Michal Prokop with his band Framus Five, accompanied by the Karlovy Vary Symphonic

Anyone familiar with the Czech music scene, will probably at some point heard of the blues band Krausberry, led by frontman Martin Kraus.

Dalekko – comprising Gian Baban and Pavel Sajner – won a lot of praise for their self-released 2015 debut album Neběžel jsem tudy? The impressive Prague-based group have been described as “clever mainstream”, no doubt thanks to their thoughtful lyrics and cultured but catchy tunes.

In today's Sunday Music Show we will be listening to songs from Markéta Konvičková’s last two albums – TABLO and Kafe, bar a nikotin. Markéta Konvičková is a 22 year old Czech pop singer who first rose to fame in 2009 as a finalist on the Czech and Slovak TV series SuperStar. In 2010 she won the award for "New Artist" at the Český slavík awards. She has since released three albums.

Today's Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the popular Czech pop-rock band Chinaski and their most recent album Rockfield, released in 2014. It was named after the famous Rockfield Studios in Wales, where the album was recorded.

Elegy for Unsung Heroes, the solo debut by Dizzcock (AKA music journalist Ondřej Bělíček), picked up the Vinyl award for best Czech album of 2015. Informed by rave and grime, the atmospheric, accomplished LP is intended as a tribute to “all who fought for a better, more equal and solidary world.”