Spirituál kvintet

Spirituál kvintet during a performance in Písek (2010)

Spirituál kvintet is a Czech Folk music band formed in 1960 by Jiří Tichota and others. Its importance for the Czech public can be compared with the Weavers for the US. Both the band's publisher ^[1] and independent reviews ^[2] consider it as a legend and one of the best Czech folk bands. So does the official page of the Czech Republic: "Spirituál Kvintet with Irena Budweiserová are a legendary outfit combining spirituals with the folk tradition, while Vaclav Koubek has tailored his informal songs for a barroom band."^[3]

The album Šlapej dál (1985) was sold in more than 130,000 copies.^[1]

Current members of the band are Jiří Tichota, Zdena Tichotová, Veronika Součková, Dušan Vančura, Jiří Cerha, and Jiří Holoubek.

Discography

1. Písničky z roku raz dva (1973)
2. Spirituály a balady (1978)
3. Saužení lásky (1981)
4. 20 let (1984)
5. Šlapej dál (1985)
6. Every Time I Feel The Spirit (1986)
7. Šibeničky (1988)
8. Za svou pravdou stát (1990)
9. Hallelu (1991)
10. Rajská zahrada (1992)
11. Antologie 1960-1995 (1994)
12. Hanba nám! (1994)
13. Na káře (1997)
14. Vánoční koncert (1998)
15. Křídla holubic (2002)
16. Karel Zich a Spirituál kvintet (2004)
17. Křížem krážem (2005)
18. 45 let archiv (2006)

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080227033828/http://www.sonybmg.cz/interpret/spiritual-kvintet/1511. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Spirituál kvintet oslaví své 45.výročí novým albem a koncertem" (in Czech). 22 October 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
3. http://www.czech.cz/kultura/article_detail.aspx?id=2103-Contemporary-music[]

• Helena Chaloupková: The History Of Czech Folk Music

External links

• Official page (Czech)
• "History of the band" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 5 March 2007.