In the beginning, there was an enchantment and a bold idea. In 2017, I became friends with a gentleman from Germany who owns a collection of old instruments. He is a musician and luthier too so the uniqueness of the collection is also in the great playability of all guitars. I’ve never been a gear … Read more
Mandolinist David Benedict (Mile Twelve) runs the series Mandolin Mondays that presents solo mandolin music from all around the world. It was an honor to accept the invitation to episode #173 to play one tune of mine. Ondra KozákI’m a musician, organizer, and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. You can … Read more
New album of my band New Aliquot has just been released. It contains 12 songs (half of it is original music) and it was recorded mostly in my Studio Ataman. You can listen to the full album medley below. As you might guess, we love experimenting. Therefore, I arranged one classical piece written … Read more
I’ve heard that November is a good month for musicians. I certainly enjoyed it. Here are a few videos and photos from it. 1st bluegrass workshop in South Bohemia I organized the first bluegrass workshop in South Bohemia. Ralph Schut helped me a lot with teaching. 30 people attended this event and we’re about to … Read more
The album Ondra Kozák & Ralph Schut – Bits ‘n Pieces is now available for online listening. We released the album earlier this year and played several gigs both in the Czech Republic and Germany to promote it. You can now listen to it on several streaming services: Spotify iTunes Deezer Google Play The full CD … Read more
The second week in October we went on tour with Ralph Schut to promote our new album Bits ‘n Pieces. On our way through Germany, we visited my friend who owns a unique collection of acoustic guitars. About a year ago, I decided to record a guitar album using these beauties. Next month I’m about to record the first … Read more
Three types of musicians The world is evolving fast and we as musicians can use the modern technologies to our benefit for sure. Some people refuse them and this approach is certainly good for not being distracted from playing. Others don’t mind being distracted and they love comparing parameters and watching video reviews … Read more
I’m about to record the first part of songs for my upcoming album later this year in Germany. It will present a unique collection of pre-war acoustic guitars I wrote about in this article. Part of the prepared material (solo flatpicking acoustic guitar covers) can be already heard on my music videos page. I started working on … Read more
About streaming The way of consuming music has drastically changed in recent years. I wrote about it in my article about the importance of critical listening for musicians. Streaming services are clearly the future of music listening even though many people hesitate to admit it. A physical CD or LP will serve mostly as a … Read more
3 Fox Drive – Listen To The Music is in my “TOP X albums of all time” list. Not because of a hard driving groove or fancy instrumental licks. Although I do like the instrumental part of the recording, the incredibly great sounding lead vocals and harmonies by Fox siblings (Kim, Barb & Joel) will … Read more
Doc Watson is one of the most distinguished guitarists of all times. He’s admired for both his flatpicking and fingerpicking abilities but also as a singer and author. You’ll find almost 1100 recordings in his Allmusic discography! He also arranged a lot of traditional and covers songs in a unique way. In my version of the song … Read more