About Karolina
Karolina is an award-winning Polish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist from South-Eastern Poland, now based in West Midlands. She plays accordion, hammered dulcimer and frame drums. Raised in a family of traditional singers and dancers, she inherited many songs from her grandmother and uses archaic “scream singing” rooted in Eastern European village traditions. She received a Polish Ministry of Culture award in 2011 and placed 3rd at the 2021 Szczecin Traditional Musician’s Tournament. She performs at many UK events with her band, blending powerful upbeat Balkan folk with emotional North-Carpathian rawness to create a sense of shared cultural heritage.
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The Band
Karolina performs alongside some of the finest musicians in the West Midlands, joining forces with dazzling violinists, dynamic percussionists and soulful woodwind players. Together, they’ve lit up iconic stages including Birmingham Symphony Hall, Midlands Arts Centre, Whitby’s Musicport Festival, Manchester’s Gobefest and Sheffield’s Migration Matters Festival, among many others. Renowned for their exhilarating, interactive performances, this is a group that doesn’t just play music, they create unforgettable live experiences you HAVE TO be part of.
