Eastern Europe
The sound of Czechia
A folk-rock and underground tradition shaped by decades of being officially unwelcome, and a metal scene that took the same stubbornness somewhere darker.
123 artists in the catalog.
What Czechia does that nowhere else does
Genres far more common here than across the rest of the catalog. The multiplier is how much more common, weighted by how many artists carry it.
Five records to start with
Not a canon — a way in. Each one links to what it is, who it's for and where to go next.
Czech artists worth walking into
Ordered by how much we can tell you, not just by how well-known they are.
Ewa Farna
electropop · independent music
Where to start →Jakub Hrůša
Where to start →Magdalena Kožená
opera
Where to start →Helena Vondráčková
pop music
Where to start →Wohnout
punk rock
Where to start →The Plastic People of the Universe
rock music · underground music
Where to start →Arakain
thrash metal · traditional heavy metal
Where to start →Olympic
rock music
Discography →Lucie Bílá
pop music
Discography →Jaroslav Krček
classical music · incidental music
Discography →Tata Bojs
alternative rock
Discography →Tři sestry
punk rock
Discography →