Martin Hrdinka

A significant amount of radio and television output in 1984 was stagnant to say the least. That year Czech pop also lost Milan Chladil, who died at the age of just 53. An…

1983 was not a great year for Czech pop, with the Communist censors making themselves felt. They banned rock guitarist and singer Vladimír Mišík and the group Pražský…

In this week’s Sunday Music we feature a round-up of five hit songs this week in our ongoing series Hit of the Century, looking back on 100 years of popular music in the…

Today we come to the year 1982.

Let’s continue with 1981.

We continue with 1980.

This brings us to the year 1979. A distinct contradiction emerged on the world stage of popular music at the end of the 1970’s. On the one hand there were spectacular…

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. They became widely popular, were played during important…

In this week’s Sunday Music we feature a round-up of five hit songs this week in our ongoing series Hit of the Century, looking back on 100 years of popular music in the…

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. They became widely popular, were played during important…