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Wilk, Paulina
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Weak World Cup games owing to lack of national pride
The performances at the World Cup in South Africa have disappointed fans so far. One reason could be that the players barely identify with their home countries nowadays because they usually play for international clubs, the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita concludes: "Perhaps this is the reason for the disappointment at Brazil not having done a samba in the penalty area yet and France having fought as if it wanted to lose. ... Why everyone is making more mistakes and moving more stiffly than usual. ... Perhaps the obligation to represent one's own country is just an echo from a sunken world where state borders still had meaning: identification, security and a common social goal. But the big stars of the championships play day after day in clubs where only football and money count, not nationality."
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The popularity of Polish reggae
Paulina Wilk is looking forward to the Reggae Dub Festival, which begins tomorrow in Bielawa. The festival is expected to draw around 8,000 fans. According to Wilk, reggae is the fastest growing independent music genre in Poland, with internationally acclaimed bands like Duberman and Vavamuffin. Wilk takes a look at why reggae is so popular in Poland : "Nowadays reggae and dancehall, as well as rap, are the music of the urban ghettoes, and that's why young listeners can easily identify with this sound. Although the fans and the sound have changed over the years, the core message is the same: the battle between good and evil and opposition to injustice and violence. People like the music because is doesn't incite violence, it's happy and it's about love, peace and joy."
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More from the press review on the subject » Music, » Poland
Polish Hip-Hop
Following the release of a new hip-hop lexicon called "Beats, Rhythms, Life", Paulina Wilk takes a closer look at Poland's hip-hop scene. "Hip-hop began in Poland in spring 1995 when 'Liroy' from Kielce put out his best-selling album and popularised this form of music." Wilk goes on to explain that then other bands became popular and the rapper scene was established, which gradually split up into an 'underground' and a 'commercial' scene. DJ Slawek, who is hailed as the "godfather" of hip-hop, takes a critical stance. "We're just copying the Americans. All that changes is the language. The social commitment you see in hip-hop music from Great Britain or France is plausible, but we've never had burning suburbs here. In Poland it's just a case of artists adopting this trend – some with good results."
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