Shades of Folk — Kirszenbaum and Perły i Łotry to Perform at Pyrkon!
7 February 2025
Folk music comes in many forms—ranging from reinterpretations of historical songs, through modern, stylized compositions, to avant-garde deconstructions of traditional motifs. This year at Pyrkon, two bands will showcase vastly different perspectives on this genre. They are united by one thing only—an authentic folk spirit.
Kirszenbaum — Warning! This is not entertainment music!
Do you want to listen to unsettling songs about two-legged dogs, Montezuma’s dreams, and masons? Do you have the courage to lift the lid of life and check if it hides any meaning? Or will you find only death inside?
Kirszenbaum doesn’t break down the doors of perception with a crowbar—they wedge them open with a foot. They breathe new life into the ashes of post-folk, setting them on fresh paths and looping them straight into your ears. Like Diogenes with a dimmed lamp, they seek humanity in the alien. They dream strange dreams and wake up in the plague-ridden air of a pandemic.
Perły i Łotry — Masters of Sea Shanties at Pyrkon
Once upon a time, sea shanties alleviated the monotony of labor and synchronized the crew’s movements. Today, they evoke a longing—for land or sea, for family or friends left behind among the tumultuous waves, and for all the adventures we never truly experienced.
Some songs by Perły i Łotry will leave you in contemplation, while others will make you want to dance as if you had just docked and were spending your first night in a port tavern in ages. What else would you expect from a band whose songs gather millions of plays on Spotify, making them one of the most-listened-to Polish artists on the platform?
Perły i Łotry have been performing for many years, even touring abroad and organizing their own music festivals. Get ready for shanties that, like turbulent seas and dreamy visions, captivate, pull you in, and refuse to be forgotten!
O autorze
Szymon Nowaczyk
Z wykształcenia technik weterynarii, z braku laku – student informatyki. Torturuje swoich bliskich godzinnymi wykładami o obskurnych szczegółach lore Warhammera 40 000. Od jego ogłuszającej paplaniny i basowego śmiechu trzęsą się posadzki. Na konwentach spotkacie go niemal wyłącznie przy stołach z grami planszowymi i bitewnymi.