In the “Bluegrass Beyond Borders” column of Bluegrass Today, Lee Zimmerman writes about my recent projects and gets my answers to his questions. Here’s his article Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Ondra Kozák makes his strings sing.
The actual situation forces us to stay home. However, we still want to play music and we even have more time to do it! Here’s our new East-West video:
In 2019, I started the program “Monthly challenge for musicians”. It helps people playing bluegrass and country music with home practicing. The materials and songs that the participants receive every month are in Czech so there’s not much to share in connection with the program in the English version of my website. But here’s something … Read more
A song by John Hartford (can also be found on the New Aliquot album It Takes Time) recorded using 4 AKG microphones. Whether you’re a fan of John’s music (then you should know about this new project as well) or you’re a recording gear head (then also check out my other tests), this video is … Read more
Dobro just enchanted me with its melodic capabilities. Here’s my arrangement of a classic fiddle tune in melodic style: For those interested, here is a TAB. More fiddle tunes TABs for other instruments here.
Slovak dobro player, singer, studio engineer, and my friend Peter Szabados wrote this song in 2011 (lyrics co-written with Richard Benčík). Recorded on “Peter Szabados – Stroj času” (2013).
Here is my new instrument built by Karel Začal and an intro to my song Alone In Eden from my guitar album Overtones. A quick video before I start feeling embarrassed about my playing…
I’m a fan of fiddle tunes – old traditional instrumental tunes usually played on violin or other stringed instruments. I like to use them for practicing because they let me work on several things at the same time: rhythm, melody, scales, fingerings, and improvisation. They also broaden my repertoire of standards so I have new songs … Read more
We received a grant from The IBMA Foundation to pick for preschool children with my former bandmate Petr Brandejs. The program will introduce bluegrass instruments and basic music terms like rhythm, pitch, tempo, etc. to small kids in kindergartens in the Czech Republic. More info (in Czech) here. Thank you, The IBMA Foundation!
Brian Dowdall and Andreas Schulz write about my project Overtones in British Bluegrass News and German journal Akustik Gitarre, respectively.
After I finished my guitar album Overtones, I’ve been focusing on fiddle quite a lot. Part of it is this new video bundle with 6 traditional fiddle tunes. It contains sheet music (melody, simple and advanced solo, intro, outro), video and guitar playalong tracks in two speeds for the following tunes: Cripple Creek, Cherokee Shuffle, … Read more