On May 25 at the OKO Auditorium in Ochota, Warsaw, Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher and the Embassy’s Cultural Affairs Officer Dan Hastings were guests of honor at the 19th edition of Dyliżanse (“Stagecoach”), Poland’s Country & Western Music Awards sponsored by the Country & Folk Foundation. This was the first time that a U.S. Ambassador participated in the awards ceremony where Poland’s finest country & western performing musicians were recognized for their crowning artistic achievements in 2018. Modeled on America’s own Country Music Awards (the CMAs), the Dyliżanse showcased amazing talent and artistry in the country & western music genre, with artists performing in both the Polish and English languages.
The Embassy would like to congratulate all of the nominees and winners of the major awards:
GROUP OF THE YEAR – DROGA NA OSTROŁĘKĘ
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ANDRZEJ TROJAK for the song “Prayer”
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR – ZBYSZEK HOFFMAN
NEW PERFORMER OF THE YEAR – KATHY SIMON BAND
EVENT OF THE YEAR – ALBERT LEE CONCERT
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR – JERZY DUDEK for the steel guitar
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – “Big Power Kick” by ALICJA BONCOL and “Życie to cud” (“Life is a miracle”) by ZBYSZEK HOFFMAN and the group BABSZTYL
SONG OF THE YEAR – “Czasem zajrzyj do nas” (“Sometimes look at us”) by WOJTEK DUDKOWSKI and the group DROGA NA OSTROŁĘKĘ
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR – KATARZYNA SIENKIEWICZ
ARTIST OF THE YEAR – WOJTEK DUDKOWSKI
