Stare Dobre Małżeństwo

Stare Dobre Małżeństwo (in English translation "good old marriage") is a Polish music group.

Stare Dobre Małżeństwo
SDM performing at the Cultural Centre of Busko-Zdrój in 2008
Background information
Origin	Poland
Genres	Sung poetry, folk, acoustic blues
Years active	1984 - present
Labels	Pronit, Pomaton, Pomaton EMI, Dalmafon, EMI Music Poland, Parlophone Music Poland
Website	sdm-myszkowski.com/
Members	Krzysztof Myszkowski Bolo Pietraszkiewicz Roman Ziobro
Past members	Andrzej Sidorowicz Marek Czerniawski Alina Karolewicz Aleksandra Kiełb-Szawuła Sławomir Plota Grzegorz Sieradzan Stefan Błaszczyński Adam Ziemianin Robert Szydło Przemysław Chołody Dariusz Czarny Wojciech Czemplik Andrzej Stagraczyński Ryszard Żarowski Maciej Harna

The band derives from the so-called "student music", popular in Poland. This musical style is characterised by the use of a guitar for accompaniment, while the lyrics often talk about hiking in the Polish mountains, love and adventure. SDM, however, quickly created their own style, and became famous due to their interesting musical interpretations of poems written by the famous Polish poet Edward Stachura. Another important author, who worked with the band, is the Polish poet Adam Ziemianin.

Currently, the band has moved away from "student music" towards what can be described as acoustic blues. Furthermore, they often use poems of the forgotten poet Jan Rybowicz whose work addressed important questions about human existence.