Concerts in May : Yann Tiersen, Amanda Palmer, Katka Garcia…
May 4, 2010 -Decadent punk, Irish songs by a Czech-Spanish chanteuse, and many other musical events await you at Prague's music halls in May..
Boston's Dresden Dolls have played in Prague twice, each time blowing audiences away, Playing this Wednesday at the Akropolis is the band's lead singer Amanda Palmer, with her solo project "Who killed Amanda Palmer?" A must see, May 5 at the Akropolis.
On the very next day, the same venue hosts the Amsterdam Klezmer Band as part of the Respect Plus music festival. On May 18, the cluv will host inuit singer Tanya Tagaq. And on May 28, the EuroConnections festival will present French hip-hop collective Chinese Man.
On May 20, Yann Tiersen returns to Prague, playing at the Archa Theater.You've probably heard the name Mucha, as in Czech painter Alfons Mucha. Well, his descendent Katka Garcia is an artist as well, a great musician. With a Czech mother and a Spanish father, Katka Garcia oscillates between Sephardic songs of al-Andalus and melancholy and poetic Irish music. Make sure to see her at the Rock Cafe on May 26.
