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CHECK OUT: www.myspace.com/druhatravaNew album with Wabi Danek
May 8, 2009
In February Druha Trava recorded a second album with Wabi Danek which will be released in the Czech Republic in the next couple of weeks. They will be bringing it along when they come to the US this fall.NPR identifies Druha Trava ...
May 5, 2009
On May 3rd NPR identified Druha Trava in response to folks who wrote in to them. It happens at the end of this story:Your Letters: Health Care, Jewish Cooking, Prague
Why Don Gonyea did not name Druha Trava ...
April 16, 2009
For those of you who wondered why Don Gonyea did not name the band in his story (see below), here is the answer straight from him:I now know the identity of those amazing musicians in Prague!
I arrived at the event in Hradcany Square as part of the White House Press Corps and missed their introduction. That day I was on a very tight deadline and was mostly focused on the President's speech, so I never got around to tracking them down.
It wasn't until days later, after I told my editor about the great band I'd heard opening for Mr.Obama, that she suggested I do a short postcard as a sidebar to the Presidential trip. By then I was in Islamabad on the final leg of the President's week long tour.
I wrote the story once I got back to DC not knowing who they were... a fact that somehow added to the mystery and unexpectedness of it all.
You and many other DT fans instantly recognized their sound.
I too am now a big fan and hope very much to see (and meet) them next time they get to the US. I've already found their music on iTunes...including the Dylanovky CD.
Thanks again for the note... and the info.
And please give the band my best.
Cheers,
Don
2009 US tour schedule posted
April 16, 2009
Druha Trava's planned itinerary for 2009 can now be seen on the schedule page. More details will be added later.Druha Trava on NPR
April 15, 2009
NPR's correspondent Don Gonyea thought DT was terrific when he heard them play ahead of President Obama's address in Prague. [Listen to the story] Too bad he didn't mention the name of the band. DT is planning a US tour in September -- but fans traveling in Europe this spring and summer will have plenty of opportunity to hear them play before that. [Visit the Czech performance schedule]Druha Trava "opens" for President Obama
April 5, 2009
Druha Trava was honored to perform this morning before President Obama's speech at Prague Castle.
2009 tour
January 28, 2009
Druha Trava is definitely planning on touring the US this fall in September and possibly early October. In the coming months tour dates will be posted as contracts are received. During the past year the band has been performing with percussionist David Landstof, who has a jazz background and also performs with Lenka Dusilova and in an Irish band with Lubos Malina and Katka Garcia. They hope to bring him along on the tour. Watch this website for tour dates for this coming fall.Older (2008 and previous) news
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