Piskorczyk's music includes her own arrangements of standards from the
soul,
blues,
funk,
rock,
jazz and
gospel music idioms, as well as her own compositions inspired by these trends. Much of Piskorczyk's career has been spent performing at festivals and as part of an ensemble of musicians on various recordings and albums culminating in a namesake band called
Magda. She's been selected as Vocalist of the Year by readers of Blues Quarterly for years 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. • In 2001 debut at the Autumn Blues Festival in
Bialystok, where her song "Sexy Mama" which won the First Prize. • In 2002, Piskorczyk co-created the Terraplane trio, and performed in duos with Michał Kielak (harmonica), Arkadiusz Osenkowski (sax), Marek Kapłon (guitar), Ola Siemieniuk (guitar) and Karolina Koriat (vocals). • In 2003 and 2005 she performed at the Big Stage of the Rawa Blues Festival. • In 2005, participated in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, reached the semi-finals and received warm commentary from the judges. • Also in 2005, Piskorczyk worked on an album titled
Blues Traveling which was released under jazz composer Michael Urbaniak. • In 2007 Piskorczyk began work on a special program titled
In the Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, which contains interpretations of works known from the records of the Queen of Gospel Music. • In March 2008, the first live album of Piskorczyk entitled
Magda Live was published by Artgraff. A year later the album was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the Album of the Year in the Blues category. • In 2009, the artist was invited to the international Konoba band, performing traditional West African music. In this group she sang, played bass and acoustic guitar and percussion instruments. The cooperation lasted until 2012. • In the spring of 2010, Piskorczyk made his first tour of Scandinavia. In mid 2010 a record was released a year earlier in Tarnobrzeg with Swedish vocalist, guitarist and composer Slidin 'Slim, titled Live at Satyrblues. On this album you can hear Aleksandra Siemieniuk (guitars) and Grzegorz Zawiliński (drums and percussion instruments), who then formed the core of the band Magda. • In March 2011 she performed in Oslo and Notodden, Norway, among others by Rita Engedalen. She represented Hohner at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt. The song I'd Rather Go Blind was released on two compilations in Singapore and Malaysia. Within a dozen or so months, the EQU Music release from Singapore has released 6 more songs with songs performed by the Polish vocalist: Darkness on the Delta, Temptation, Work Song and I Can Got The Beatles. British magazine Blues Matters published an interview with Piskorczyk conducted by musicians. • In autumn 2012 she gave a series of concerts in Taiwan, where she performed at the 9th Blues Bash Festival in Taipei, invited by the blues association. Portal
Polska ma sens published a comprehensive text on Piskorczyk, entitled: "A Polish lady who feels the blues". Piskorczyk teaches music under a program she developed called Magda Piskorczyk Masterclass at the Ochota Culture Center in Warsaw and since 2014 she has been the Artistic Director of the Blues Workshop on Bobrow. She is also a member of the
ZPAV Academy of Phonography. She cooperates, records or performs with other bands, including Blues Flowers, Engerling and Konoba, and has performed with many solo musicians, including Wojciech Karolak, Leszek Winder, Jerzy Styczynski, Leszek Cichoński, Bob Margolyn, Billy Gibson, Seckou Keita, Rita Engedalen, Bob Brozman, Greg Szłapczyński and Slidin 'Slim. == Musical influences ==