Polky: the story and songs to start with

Polky blends Polish folk roots with a Toronto home base

Polky is a Toronto-based group led by Ewelina Ferenc and built around Polish folk music for North American listeners. Their Bandcamp pages describe the project as a fiddle-driven feminist alt folk band and say it brings traditional songs into contemporary settings. The sources also link the group’s work to migration, multilingual performance, and a sense of home shaped between Poland and Canada. On Mother Tongue, the band presents songs in Polish, Ukrainian, and English, while Songs From Home frames its debut around roots in Poland and the multicultural place the group calls home.