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Vlado Kreslin
Vlado Kreslin
Vlado Kreslin
Background information
Born (1953-11-29) 29 November 1953 (age 70)
OriginBeltinci, People's Republic of Slovenia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Genresfolk rock
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, poet
WebsiteVlado Kreslin official website
Vlado Kreslin with his black guitar

Vlado Kreslin (born 29 November 1953) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician.

Life and work

Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He began his musical career in his student years, first coming to acclaim as the lead singer with the rock group Martin Krpan. He later continued playing a mixture of Slovene folk and rock music with the Beltinška Banda, a folk group from his native village, whose other members were all over 70 years old, and the group Mali Bogovi. Both groups (with him) often perform together, mixing several generations onstage together.[1]

Today he is one of the best-known and highly esteemed Slovenian musicians and songwriters, drawing on Slovene folk and ethnic heritage,[2] occupying his own niche in the Slovenian music scene.[3] He has been referred to as an ethno-revivalist for his modernization of Slovenian folk songs such as "All the Wreaths Have Wilted".[4] Modern Slovenian rock bands such as Siddharta have worked with him.[5] He has also performed with R.E.M., the Dubliners, Allan Taylor, Hans Theessink, Vlatko Stefanovski, Antonella Ruggiero, Barcelona Gipsy and Klezmer Orchestra. The Walkabouts.....[6]

His annual concerts at Cankar Hall in Ljubljana have become a traditional event in the city's yearly cultural calendar. He is constantly performing worldwide and has opened twice for Bob Dylan and some other world acts. His genre is a type of blues mixed with Slovene folk music. In addition to performing songs in Slovenian, Kreslin's repertoire also includes songs sung in English, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Italian, as well as folk songs sung in various dialects (from his native Prekmurje, Međimurje, the Slovenian Littoral, Istria, and elsewhere).

Many of his songs and poems have been the basis for books and films, most notably Namesto koga roža cveti, which inspired Feri Laišček's award-winning book of the same name and was the basis for the movie Halgato. He has also been an actor in several movies, including Halgato and Slavic Angel, and the play Three Other Sisters in Milwaukee.[6]

In 2009, he was invited by Yale University to be honored at a Master's Tea, and there he was awarded the honorary title of Quincey Porter Fellow.[7] His poems have been published in Poetry in Translation and Confrontation, and in 2012, Guernica Editions will publish his book of poems, Instead of Whom Does the Flower Bloom. In 2014, Ruth Dupre and author from Dallas, Texas wrote a book "Vlado Kreslin, Slovenia and Me". In 2018, a documentary on Vlado Kreslin was filmed by Miran Zupanič (Arsmedia).


Discography

The following are recordings:[8]

Vlado Kreslin – cassette (ZKP RTV Ljubljana, 1985)

Books

Film

References

  1. ^ "Vlado Kreslin".
  2. ^ Buchanan, Donna Anne (2007). Balkan popular culture and the Ottoman ecumene: music, image, and regional political discourse. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9780810860216.
  3. ^ Ramet, Sabrina P.; Crnković, Gordana (2003). Kazaaam! splat! ploof!: the American impact on European popular culture since 1945. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 180–181. ISBN 9780742500013.
  4. ^ Snel, Guido (2004). Alter ego: twenty confronting views on the European experience. Amsterdam University Press. p. 58. ISBN 9789053566886.
  5. ^ Cox, John K. (2005). Slovenia: evolving loyalties. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9780415274319.
  6. ^ a b Kreslin website, Kreslin.com
  7. ^ "Vlado Kreslin".
  8. ^ Official Discography

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