SAMUEL BLUES & MIHA ERIČ + ZVEZDANA NOVAKOVIĆ ZVEN »ČARALICE«

9 July, Švicarija, garden
 

SAMUEL BLUES & MIHA ERIČ (SI)

Slovenia hasn't heard blues rock this raw, this deep and this strange for a very long time. Samuel Blues (slide guitar, lived-in voice) and Miha Erič (non-stop harmonica) have created their own strikingly original musical world, backed by a stage presence that will have every foot in the house stomping along.

ZVEZDANA NOVAKOVIĆ ZveN »ČARALICE«

Ritual hymns to nature, and the ancient spells and sayings that our ancestors used to heal physical and mental ailments: this is Čaralice ('Witches'), a new project by musical shaman Zvezdana Novaković, which gets its world premiere here. Zvezdana dove deep into the historical records of Slovenia and its Balkan neighbours, emerging with texts that she then went on to adapt and to place alongside original songs, all in a contemporary musical setting. Čaralice is, among other things, a homage to the recently deceased Slovenian writer Pavel Medvešček and to all the old believers who have continued to nurture our first religion: belief in nature.