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Marsyas

Marsyas
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About

Marsyas is a Czech folk-rock group whose only constant member has always been singer, composer and lyricist Zuzana Michnová (born 1949 in Jihlava). Founded in 1973 when guitarist Oskar Petr joined the Michnová-Kalandra duo, the band took its name from the Greek myth of the satyr Marsyas. Each of its four successive line-ups recorded one studio album - from the debut Marsyas (1978) to V přítmí (1988) - and the group remains one of the defining acts of Czech folk rock from the 1970s and 80s.

5
studio albums of the band
1973-1988
active period (studio recordings)

What's new

  • 2024-03

    Supraphon released in March 2024 a live double album La Fabrika / Praha on digital platforms.

  • 2014

    Publishing house Galén released a live double album La Fabrika / Praha, capturing a 2012 concert filmed for a documentary about Zuzana Michnová.

  • 2013

    Zuzana Michnová recorded a grand concert at Prague's La Fabrice with the band Marsyas, Petr Kalandra Memory Band and guests Oskar Petr, Michal Pavlíček and Michael Kocáb.

  • 2012

    Director Jitka Němcová made a feature-length documentary film about Zuzana Michnová titled I Am Famous Just Right.

Tracks

Marsyas a Apollónone of the band's most successful songs, inspired by a Greek myth
Zmrzlinářa favorite composition from the debut album Marsyas (1978)
Za městema single released by Supraphonu (1982), an original composition by Zuzana Michnová
S Luisem (věnováno L. Buñuelovi)a song from the album V přítmí (1988), still beloved by listeners
Nebeská bránaa characteristic composition from the band's repertoire

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