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Danar is a folk group performing traditional Celtic music. Their music refers to modern Irish folk. Traditional tunes and songs are the starting point in creating their own musical ideas and putting together apparently remote worlds.
Named after Danar (Irish word for a foreigner, barbarian) the group shows an easy and laid-back attitude towards the interpretation of musical tradition. With their modern artistic sensitivity they are not afraid of incorporating risky and unconventional ideas into their arrangements and performances. In their music you can hear some jazz notes, swing beats, swaying of bossa nova, sounds from the East, and dynamism of rock. Every musician brings into their music all that is really important of themselves. Everything comes together thanks to a deep fascination with Irish culture and a passion for music of Ireland, and other countries with Celtic origins.
The band debuted in 2004 at the Celtic Culture Festival in Dowspuda, Poland. They made appearances at the most important festivals of Celtic music in Poland including Dowspuda Festival in 2007, “The Castle†Festival in Bedzin (2005, 2006, 2007), “Magic Green Islands†Folk Festival in Cracow (2004), “Celtic Echoes†in Warsaw (2005, 2006) and have played many individual concerts all around Poland.
In December 2006 Danar won special award for their interesting arrangements at the XVI International Folk Music Festival “Mikolajki Folkowe†in Lublin – the biggest folk festival in Poland. At the XVII "Mikolajki Folkowe" in December 2007 band's percussionist Patrycja Napierala won prize for the best instrumentalist.
