History of Warsaw Village Band
(Kapela ze wsi Warszawa)

January
-WVB played NYC - GLOBAL FEST - biggest american WORLD MUSIC showcase and WASHINGTON - KENNEDY CENTER

February
- First Scandinavian tour
- new video - "In the forrest"

July
-WVB on ROSKILDE FESTIVAL - biggest open air festival in EUROPE.
- First Italian Tour

August
- WVB in California - Los Angeles

September
- first African concerts - Algieria

October
- first Japanese tour - Tokyo, Ossaka

September
- New album Uprooting.

June
- WVB recorded soundtrack (composed by Jack Wall) for computer game "Myst 4".

May - December
- Concert tours - USA, Canada, Europe, Taiwan.

March
- Warsaw Village Band is the winner of the BBC Radio 3 Awards!!

January
- "People's Spring" choosen to the top of the folk music albums in Germany, U.S.A., Poland.
- American realase of "People's Spring" by Harmonia Mundi.

October
- nomination to BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music - "Newcomer" category.

March
- Garnd Prix on "The International Competition of Folk Music Recordings" organised by European Broadcasting Union in Slovakia.
- Promotion concerts in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria,

November
- first video of the band to song "Cranes"
- fantastic reviews of the album "People's Spring" on whole of the world.

September
- European realase of the album "Wiosna Ludu"/ "People's Spring" in German label Jaro.

Beginning of Warsaw Village Band.

March
- III place in the competition for thr best folkmusic album in Poland

November
- official concert of "Wiosna Ludu" album in Polish Radio.

July
- "Wiosna Ludu"/ "People's Sprig", second album of the band
- concert on the "Sfinks" Music Festival - Belgium.

August
- KAPELA was awarded the second prize by the prestigious 'FOLK WORLD" company for the best foreign concert band of the year 2000 in Germany.

July
- KAPELA ZE WSI WARSZAWA represented Poland at 10th International Ethnic Music Festival "Tanz&Fest" in Rudolstadt (Germany). It is the largest event of this kind in Europe and attracts a few dozens of renowned musicians and ensembles from all over the world.

August
- KAPELA made its appearance at the International Music Festival in Sopot, Poland, performing at the concert "Music Routes of Europe" alongside such acclaimed musicians as Goran Bregovic, Taraf de Haidouks, Bulgarian Voices, Altan.

December
- III place in the competition for the best folk music album in Poland.

Septemper
- "Hop Sa Sa" -the first album, produced by Wlodzimierz Kleszcz.

March
- KAPELA won II Prize and the Audience Award, during the Polish Radio Folk Music Competition "Nowa Tradycja" ("The New Tradition"), organised by "Radiowe Centrum Kultury Ludowej" ("The Radio Centre for Folk Culture"). This festival is Polish equivalent of the BBC "Young Tradition Award". This was the time when the radio journalist Wlodzimierz Kleszcz, well known from the successful careers of Trebunie Tutki and Twinkle Brothers, commenced his co-operation with the Band.