In the second installment of a new occasional photoblog series, the Velvet Violin presents this mini-profile of one of Prague’s most famous musical haunts in pictures.

The Golden City’s Open Bluegrass Jam has been running six years this past week, which is no mean feat for what is undoubtedly a minority genre here in the Czech Republic. After some time at the U Supa country saloon (Na Čečeličce 402/12 – see previous blog), the open session briefly moved to U všech rohatejch (Varšavská [...]

While the ever-upward trend of Facebook and the slow downward spiral of MySpace take up much of the social media spotlight, Twitter is quietly gaining influence as one of the most useful and influential tools for up-to-the-minute updates on just about anything, including music. To that end, The Velvet Violin has gathered together this handy [...]