Monday 28 November 2011

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.

An early Christmas present (to myself) this morning as both live CD/DVD's arrived together. Thanks to Fan and Bontonland.
Full reviews from one of us as soon as possible.

EMAILS IN SPANISH

I have received 2 lengthy emails re the site in Spanish lately.
Whilst i appreciate those who wish to get in touch please note that neither myself nor Criss speak Spanish.
It would be much appreciated if you could direct mails in Spanish to Benjykenjy and those in Polish to Criss. English can go to any of the team members.
Thanks for your cooperation.

Sunday 27 November 2011

Saturday 26 November 2011

CESKY SLAVIC 2011

The Cesky Slavic awards are a big deal in the Czech Republic.
News is filtering through that Ewa has once again been awarded the Bronze Award (3rd Place) in the female singer of the year category.  Congratulations from all here at Ewa Farna UK.

As far as i am aware highlights from the show will be aired on Czech TV tomorrow 27/11/11 at 8.00pm (CET) on the Nova Channel.

At this stage i'm unsure if Ewa performed at the ceremony?  If so, i'll try and obtain the video footage as soon as possible.

Can't wait?  Here's Maska from CS 2010.

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO

Ok..i know..it's actually Saturday.
It's been a quiet week in Ewaworld so a bit more from Prague in Dec 2009.

Friday 25 November 2011

EWA ON CZECH TV 23/11/11

Here's the video of Ewa on Face2Face on OckoTV.
I would be very grateful if someone would provide a quick English translation of the interview? I was lost after the first Ahoj........:-)

Monday 21 November 2011

Noticias en breve de Ewa Farna

Ewa farna va aparecer en un programa llamad face2face en Ocko Tv en l Republica Checa el 23/11/11 at 6.00pm (hora de alla hehehe...) y el nuevo CD de el concierto de cumpleaños en vivo que fue grabado en Polonia esta a la venta o en descarga electrica via iTunes

SHORT NEWS BITES

Ewa will appear on the face2face show on Ocko TV (Czech Republic) 23/11/11 at 6.00pm (CET).

New Polish Live CD from the Birthday Concert is now available to purchase and download via iTunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/live/id480965628

Friday 18 November 2011

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO

La la laj live from Prague in December 2009.
I like this one because i was there :-)

POLISH LIVE CD/DVD UPDATE

You can hear samples of some of the tracks and watch some of the DVD clips here -

http://muzyka.interia.pl/pop/news/niezapomniane-urodziny-ewy-farnej,1721002,50

Hopefully my own copy will be arriving shortly.

Thursday 17 November 2011

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Sama Sobe - English translation

I decided to make translation of Sama Sobe, as it's really short song, but with really nice lyrics. Nice and quick task:)
However, today I found a great video of Sama Sobe with English translation already included, so hereby I let myself present it. Mine is slightly different, but this is good enough.



Video come from ewafarna-star.blog.cz/, I believe that they are authors of this video and text, you can find there a lot of English translations.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Nie Przegap on 'The Voice of Poland'

I present you video of the second song sang by Ewa in 'The Voice of Poland' last Saturday.
There were some technical problems with Ewa's in-ear monitor as you may notice on a video, it stopped working. Second thing, you can see is that it's not a full version of the song, the second part was shortened a bit, don't know exactly why.

Polish Live DVD

Yesterday, November 14th, Polish live DVD was officially released. Official on Monday, nevertheless there are confirmed informations that in one shop it was available earlier last week, even on Thursday. However it was a single case, which did not influence overall impression of the premiere.

Interesting part of this DVD is a booklet with names of people who attended the concert and signed a special list. Really nice:)
Here's the gallery with photos of a DVD.

First opinions are positive, however those are very first days after premiere and everyone is really excited about the album. Later on, when people get used to DVD, we will probably see some smaller or bigger drawbacks.

Monday 14 November 2011

CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED

Ewa Farna UK is still in need of at least one more full time contributor.
It does take a certain level of commitment to update the Blog on a regular basis with news, views and opinions on the world of Ewa Farna for her English speaking fans.
Preferably from the UK but with at least a good knowledge of English.  A knowledge of Czech and/or Polish would be a distinct advantage.
Anyone who is interested please contact either myself or one of the other members as soon as possible.

SAMA SOBE ON CZECH TV

Ewa appeared on Czech TV this morning.  Gave a short interview and performed Sama Sobe -

Sunday 13 November 2011

BEZ LEZ ON 'THE VOICE OF POLAND'

As previously reported Ewa was a special guest on talent show 'The Voice of Poland' last night and performed a very shortened version of Bez Lez with some of the contestants.
The girl is pretty good, i think?  You??

Saturday 12 November 2011

EWA COMES TO BELFAST (PART 2)

I've had a few emails asking me about the MTV Europe awards which were held here in my capital City.
Unfortunately i can't really comment on them as i didn't attend any of the events.  For two reasons -

1. Very few tickets were made available to the general public here.  Those that were available were changing hands for substantial amounts of money.

2. There was nobody performing that i wanted to see? I'm not a fan of anyone who was here at all.

It was a major boost for Belfast.  Hotels etc. were full which was obviously great for our local economy.  The event was very well organised which can only be a good thing but there was wasn't much going on personally for me.

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO

Well...ok......Saturday morning video.  It's probably still Friday night somewhere in the world?
This week right back to the beginning of this adventure.
Enjoy.

Friday 11 November 2011

EWA ON POLISH TV THIS WEEKEND

Ewa has no less than two appearances on Polish TV this weekend.
Tomorrow Saturday 12/11 she will be a special guest on 'Voice of Poland' and on Sunday 13/11 she will also guest on 'Szansa na sukses' (chance of sucess??). Link is not translating very well so i hope this info is correct?
We hope to have the videos of both performances here as soon as possible.

Thursday 10 November 2011

ON KIM LIAN

I wrote a rather long piece on Kim over at the old site (which about 2 people probably read!) so i don't intend to make the same mistake twice.
We are all aware that Ewa's first hit or breakthrough came with Mels me vubec Rad/Sam na Sam.
The song Teenage Superstar has been covered many many times by many different artists the world over but it was originally written for Dutch singer/TV presenter/actress Kim Lian. There are sometimes heated arguments over who was the first but i can assure you 100% that it was Kim's version.
Kim has fronted numerous TV programmes in her native Holland and is at present staring in the stage production of Legally Blonde.
She has released 2 studio albums 'Balance' and 'Just Do It'.  Both are pretty easily picked up on sites like eBay. A DVD called 'Balance:The Experience' was also released at the same time as her first album and initial copies of 'Just Do It' also came with a bonus DVD.  A few singles have been released since and rumours persist that she will release another studio album at some point.
Kim sings in English although some of the DVD bonus material is in Dutch.
I totally recommend both albums. Youtube is your friend.  You won't be disappointed.  Trust me.
Note some of the similarities between the video and parts of the Ticho/Cicho video??

Tuesday 8 November 2011

BRNO CONCERT DVD/CD UPDATE

DVD/CD of Ewa's Brno birthday concert is now available to pre-order from Bontonland -

http://www.bontonland.cz/farna-ewa-18-live/

AUTOGRAPH SESSION IN PRAGUE

On 14/11 to promote the forthcoming release of the new Live CD/DVD album in the Czech Republic Ewa will hold an autograph session at the main Bontonland shop in Prague.
At this stage i don't have the information as to when the session will begin.
If anyone is attending and wants to submit a short report please contact myself or one of the other admins.
Would i like to attend?  Oh yes :-)

Saturday 5 November 2011

(VERY) SHORT BOOK REVIEW

Welcome to the shortest book review in the history of short book reviews.
I managed to obtain a copy of Ewa Farna the Book when i was in Brno in September. It thought it would be easy to find but it was only after trying several book shops that i found it.  Much to the bemusement of the shop assistant who foolishly attempted to have a conversation with me!
Anyway.  For obvious reasons, i can't read a word of it, but it does have a nice spread of colour photographs.  No unfamiliar shots.
One day i WILL be able to read it.

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO

Friday night again already!
Simply the best tonight.....my all time favourite.
Loved it when i first heard it.  Still love it now. Only regret is that i've never heard it live.
THE perfect pop song...........????

Tuesday 1 November 2011

WELCOME!

I would like to welcome Criss as a contributor on Ewa Farna UK.
Criss is a student and is from Katowice in Poland.
Criss was the person who first introduced me to Ewa (it's a long story) and for that i'll always be eternally grateful.
I am very pleased that he has offered to contribute to the site and i hope his stay will be a long and happy one.

EWA AND POLISH PRESS

First of all, I'd like to say hello to everyone. I'm Criss, I will try to make sure that all latest news from Ewa are available here, for you, in English.
Referring to latest Junkmale post I'd like to make things a bit more clear. Recently the main issue about Ewa was her weight, gutter press had topics like "Did she put on weight?", "Oh, it looks like Ewa gained some weight" etc. Yes, it's true, Ewa herself admitted that she gained some weight. Let me translate some parts of this Facebook post.

I'm fed up with this, come on, get a grip. I'm a singer, I focus on my voice, I don't want to be a slim model! I'm an average teenager and, really ... I'm sorry to hear that. Do all people need to be slim like skeletons? Is there any law on that? Are there any showbusiness rules? Leave my fat alone and care about your own problems. And I wish you that they are so trivial, as my weight.
Have a good night!

So, as you may notice, she really don't care. In recent (last Sunday) interview in breakfast television Dzień Dobry TVN she explained this a little bit more. She said that:

"I'm always on the road, I don't have time to eat properly, exercise. I feel healthy and normal. I don't feel like I'm fat." Then after question, whether her clothing size has changed she replied with laugh that no, but her bust size changed:)

All in all, she does not find any problem with this.

SAMA SOBE (PRAGUE 23/10/2011)

Really nice version of Sama Sobe (sans band) from a Toyfair in Prague on 23/10/11.
Sound and picture quality aren't great but it's a nice performance.
Why is this not a hit the world over?  It's just gets better and better.