Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:35:26 +0200Face of Czech banjo music Ivan Mládek still cracking jokes at 80https://english.radio.cz/face-czech-banjo-music-ivan-mladek-still-cracking-jokes-80-8741521© 2026 Radio Prague International Banjo playing Ivan Mládek is likely to be the first image that comes into a Czech’s mind when talking about funny songs to play by the camp fire. Mládek has been writing, singing and performing songs for close to six decades now and is one of the few Czech musicians to also register big success abroad. His hit Jožin z bažin is known to millions of Poles, Germans, Italians and Russians. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/ivan_mladek_banjo_band.jpg?timestamp=1644855277 Face of Czech banjo music Ivan Mládek still cracking jokes at 80 https://english.radio.cz/face-czech-banjo-music-ivan-mladek-still-cracking-jokes-80-8741521 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9