Fans of bluegrass music have known Album band from Chomutov since 1987. The band has come through many changes ever since. Members of Album at present are Petr Gärtner (mandolin, vocal), Marek Gärtner (bass, vocal), Mira Jiriste (banjo, vocal), Vlastimil Jiriste (guitar) and also newly Jirka Sruma jr. on fiddle. Part-time guest Zdenek Lucak (dobro player) has become regular member of the band and ex-singer Iva Vondrackova has become part-time guest of Album.
Album plays mostly contemporary or traditional bluegrass music, sometimes with Czech lyrics, written by Jana Mestekova. Most of their music is sung in English, including their own tunes, written either by guitar player Vlastimil or by American singer-songwriter Liz Meyer.
Bluegrass fans can hear music of Album on their regular performances in country saloon 'U Bizona' in Chomutov and many bluegrass festivals like Banjo Jamboree in Caslav, Bluegrass Maraton in Borovany u Tachova, Bluegrass Night in Litice, Babi Leto na Kyselce in Bilina and many others. Last year Album also performed in well-known Prague club CI-5 or in music club ´Stara Pekarna´ in Brno. Album regularly participates on European World of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen in the Netherlands and listeners could hear their music live on radio stations Proglas (Brno), Country Radio (Prague) or radio Sever (Usti nad Labem)
More information about the band and also sound samples and photos can be found on the web pages www.albumband.cz. On this web site is also a schedule of the band´s performances so that you can see them live on stage.