Hala Strana has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 10 March 2014.

Hala Strana was the name of a recording project of American musician Steven R. Smith begun in 2002 as an outlet which allowed him to explore the traditional music of Eastern Europe more fully than possible with his solo work. By incorporating the melodies, scales, and instrumentation of the village music from areas such as Croatia, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland, and while working with numerous musicians who have contributed to the project (including Glenn Donaldson, Loren Chasse, and Darren…