Golec uOrkiestra

Golec uOrkiestra is a Polish folk-rock group, founded in 1998 in the southern village of Milówka near Żywiec by twin brothers Paweł and Łukasz Golec, after whom it is named. At its inception, the group consisted of eight musicians. The band performed mostly during holidays but also in local clubs. In 1999, two more musicians were added, and in March of that year, the first album was recorded in a studio in Bielsko-Biala. In the following years, Golec uOrkiestra recorded several more albums, becoming one of the most popular folk-rock bands in the country. In an address given on June 15, 2001, at Warsaw University, president George W. Bush referenced one of the group's songs, "Sciernisco" saying "Today's own Poland's orchestra called Golec's, is telling the world, "On that wheatfield, I'm gonna build my San Francisco; over that molehill, I'm gonna build my bank."^[1]

Golec uOrkiestra
From left to right: Łukasz Golec, Robert Szewczuga, Paweł Golec, Edyta Golec.
Background information
Origin	Milówka, Poland
Genres	folk, Pop
Years active	1998–current
Labels	Golec Fabryka
Website	golec.pl

Personnel

Łukasz Golec, Paweł Golec, Edyta Golec, Jarosław Zawada, Zbyszek Michałek – Baja, Piotr Kalicki, Robert Szewczuga, Łukasz Plich, Mirosław Hady

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [2][3][4][5][6][7]
Golec uOrkiestra 1	Released: 1999 Label: Accord Formats: CD, digital download[8]	3	POL: 200,000+[9]	POL: 2× Platinum[10]
Golec uOrkiestra 2	Released: October 31, 2000[11] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[12]	1	POL: 400,000+[9]	POL: 4× Platinum[10]
Golec uOrkiestra 3	Released: March 13, 2002[13] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[14]	1	POL: 100,000+[9]	POL: Platinum[10]
Golec uOrkiestra 4	Released: June 28, 2004[15] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[16]	6	POL: 70,000+[17]	POL: Platinum[10]
Golec uOrkiestra 5	Released: May 29, 2009[18] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[19]	19	POL: 15,000+[17]	POL: Gold[20]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [2]
The Best of Golec uOrkiestra	Released: October 13, 2013 Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[21]	33	POL: 15,000+[17]	POL: Gold[20]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Christmas albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [2]
Święta z Golec uOrkiestrą	Released: November 21, 2000[22] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD	21
W niebo głosy	Released: 2003 Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD	—
Nieziemskie granie dla Ciebie Panie	Released: December 5, 2005[23] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD, digital download[24]	17
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [2]
Koncert kolęd i pastorałek w bazylice jasnogórskiej	Released: November 24, 2014[25] Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD+DVD, digital download[26]	8
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [2]
Pieniądze to nie wszystko	Released: 2001 Label: Golec Fabryka Formats: CD	45
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Prize and awards

• 24 October 2020: the 9th edition of the John Paul II Prize in Bisceglie, Italy, together with the Roman Catholic Apostolic Nuncio Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián, Simona amabene, the Italian founder of the Marian family prayer Costola Rosa, the singers Paolo Mengoli, Manuela Villa, Igor Minerva, Daniele Si Nasce, Devis Manoni, Silva Perentin, and the actors Daniela Poggi, Valentina Persia, Luca Capuano and Vincenzo Bocciarelli.^[27]