Crucial Track for September 23, 2025

"Do Ciebie Kasiuniu" by Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

A song in a language that you don't know.

I listen to a fair amount of music in languages I don't speak. If you limit yourself to only music in your native tongue, you may miss entire subgenres or variations of ones you're familiar with. Mix it up.

The track I chose to answer this particular prompt is by Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (in English, the Warsaw Village Band), who play traditional Polish folk music. The track "Do Ciebie Kasiuniu" ("To you, Kasia") from the 2001 Wiosna Ludu (Spring of the People) album is a wild, sweeping tune with intense, upbeat rhythms, sharp horns, and ethereal vocals. It's one of those "holy crap, they make music like this?" moments.