Golec uOrkiestra is a Polish folk-rock group, founded in 1998 in the southern village of
Milówka near
Żywiec
Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. H ...
by twin brothers Paweł and Łukasz Golec, after whom it is named. At its inception, the group consisted of eight musicians. The band performed mostly during holidays but also in local clubs. In 1999, two more musicians were added, and in March of that year, the first album was recorded in a studio in
Bielsko-Biala. In the following years, Golec uOrkiestra recorded several more albums, becoming one of the most popular folk-rock bands in the country. In an address given on June 15, 2001, at
Warsaw University, president
George W. Bush
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referenced one of the group's songs, "Sciernisco" saying "Today's own Poland's orchestra called Golec's, is telling the world, "On that wheatfield, I'm gonna build my San Francisco; over that molehill, I'm gonna build my bank."
Personnel
Łukasz Golec, Paweł Golec, Edyta Golec, Jarosław Zawada, Zbyszek Michałek – Baja, Piotr Kalicki, Robert Szewczuga, Łukasz Plich, Mirosław Hady
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Christmas albums
Live albums
Soundtracks
Prize and awards
* 24 October 2020: the 9th edition of the
John Paul II
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In his you ...
Prize in
Bisceglie
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Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián
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, Simona amabene, the Italian founder of the Marian family prayer ''Costola Rosa'', the singers
Paolo Mengoli,
Manuela Villa,
Igor Minerva, Daniele Si Nasce, Devis Manoni, Silva Perentin, and the actors
Daniela Poggi,
Valentina Persia, Luca Capuano and Vincenzo Bocciarelli.
References
External links
Official webpage of the band
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Polish rock music groups
Polish folk groups
Polish twins