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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.”

This week’s edition of Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the legendary country and folk music festival Porta, which celebrates its 50th edition this weekend. Established in 1967 by a group of music enthusiasts, the festival gradually evolved into one of the largest events of its kind in Europe and many of the country’s most respected folk musicians launched their careers there. Today we are going to listen to some of the greatest hits that were played at Porta over the past 50 years.

In this week’s Sunday Music show we present the outstanding Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček who recently won the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition for young musicians in Brussels with a breath-taking performance of Sergei Rachmaninov. A child prodigy, Vondráček gave his first concert at the age of four, went on his first international tour at the age of 10 and performed in Carnegie Hall at sixteen. Today he is a recognized musician who has given over a thousand concerts in 27 countries around the world.

In this edition of Sunday Music, we hear tracks off the new Eddie Stoilow album ‘Jupiter’.

Today's Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the most famous Czech opera, The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana. This week marked exactly 150 years since Prodaná nevěsta premiered at Prague's Provisional Theatre on May 30, 1866. The three-act comic opera, set in a country village, tells the story true love that eventually prevails over efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker.

Prague student Ondřej Mikula made a big critical splash last year with his self-released debut under the name Aid Kid. The eponymous LP features cool electronica that moves smoothly between driving beats and the chill-out zone and places the young artist firmly in the ones to watch bracket.