Vlado Kreslin
Vlado Kreslin 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 often perform together, mixing several generations onstage together.Today he is one of the best-known and highly esteemed Slovenian musicians and songwriters, drawing on Slovene folk and ethnic heritage, occupying his own niche in the Slovenian music scene. He has been referred to as an ethno-revivalist for his modernization of Slovenian folk songs such as "All the Wreaths Have Wilted". Modern Slovenian rock bands such as Siddharta have worked with him. 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.....
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.
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.
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. 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.
Discography
The following are recordings:Vlado Kreslin – cassette
- Od višine se zvrti - Martin Krpan, LP
- Bogovi in ovce – Martin Krpan, LP
- Namesto koga roža cveti - CD
- Spominčice – Vlado Kreslin in Beltinška banda, CD
- Najlepša leta našega življenja – Vlado Kreslin in Beltinška banda, CD
- Nekega jutra, ko se zdani – Vlado Kreslin in Mali bogovi, CD
- Pikapolonica – Vlado Kreslin, Mali bogovi in Beltinška banda, CD
- Muzika – CD
- Ptič – Vlado Kreslin CD
- Kreslinčice – Vlado Kreslin 2 CD
- Woyzeck – Vlado Kreslin, CD 2002
- Generacija – Vlado Kreslin CD
- Koncert – Vlado Kreslin LIVE CD and 2 DVD
- Cesta – Vlado Kreslin CD
- Drevored – Vlado Kreslin CD
- LIVE in Cankarjev dom – Vlado Kreslin
- Umjesto koga roža cveti – Vlado Kreslin
- Če bi midva se kdaj srečala – CD
- Balkan Reunion – Barcelona Gipsy & Klezmer Orchestra & Vlado Kreslin CD,,
- Never Lose Your Soul – Guisse – Kreslin – Leonardi CD
- Greatest Hits – Vlado Kreslin 2 CD
- Kreslinovanje – Vlado Kreslin 2 Live CD
- Kreslinovanje – Vlado Kreslin LIVE 2 LP
- Kaj naj ti prinesem, draga – Vlado Kreslin CD
- ''Namesto koga roža cveti - Vlado Kreslin LP''
Books
- 1991 – Namesto koga roža cveti / Sonček je in ti si skuštrana – Vlado Kreslin and Zoran Predin, book of poems
- 1999 – Besedila pesmi – Vlado Kreslin, lyrics with translations in English, German and Italian and a dictionary
- 1999 – Pesmarica – songbook
- 2003 – Vriskanje in jok – book of poems
- 2006 – Venci – Povest o Beltinški bandi, book of poems and DVD
- 2009 – Pojezije – book of poems
- 2010 – Umijesto koga ruža cvijeta – book of poems
- 2010 – Prije nego otvoriš oči – book of poems
- 2012 - Pesmarica 2
- 2012 – Instead of Whom Does the Flower Bloom – The Poems of Vlado Kreslin
- 2018 – Zakartana ura - book of poems
- 2019 – Prokockani sat - book of poems
Film
Geniji ali genijalci music,1983Ljubezni Blanke Kolak, music, 1986Čisto pravi gusar, music,1986Korak čez music Martin Krpan, music,1987Nekdo drug, actor,1989- Halgato actor and music, 1994Poredušov Janoš, music,1998Poj mi pesem''' bio documentary, 2018