Written by Vlado

October 2010 A new CD DREVORED is out. September 2010 Allan Taylor invited me to his 65th Birthday Bash Concert in Wengen, Switzerland where we(among others) performed the song from my new CD Drevored-Let The Music Flow. May 2010 I visited the University in Vilnius (Lithuania) where I was reading and performing to the students of Slovene. April 2010 My book of poems in Bosnian, UMJESTO KOGA RUŽA CVIJETA, came out in Sarajevo, Bosnia. March 2010 I acted in “Three Other Sisters” at the Theatre Gigante-Milwaukee. I also performed in Cleveland , New York at St Cyril’s Church, and Washington DC at the Busboys and Poets Club and at the Slovene Embassy. November 2009 My book of poems, POJEZIJE, came out. October 2009 I was selected, along with a group of writers and poets, by the Slovene Ministry of Culture to tour Poland and the Ukraine as an ambassador of Slovene culture, doing poetry readings as a pan-Slavic bridge-building effort. April 2009 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE was an All-Star Tribute to Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground. This took place in Vienna with Chris Eckman, Steve Wynn, Chris Cacavas, Ernst Molner, Eleni Mandell and me performing. March 2009 I had a short tour in the USA, performing for Slovene immigrants in Cleveland and Chicago, at the Busboys and Poets Club in Washington DC and at the Slovene Embassy(in Washington) for Tulane University- New Orleans. I was also a guest at Yale University where they awarded me the honorary title of Quincy Porter Fellow. And I got to spend some time with my friend Steve Wynn in New York. November 2008 I got to meet the famous and long admired Dutch guitarist Jan Akerman when he came this month to Ljubljana. I first saw him at the Reading Festival in England in 1972, where he was hit by electricity during his performance onstage. September 2008 I performed with The Dubliners when they came to Ljubljana. August 2008 My old friend Hans Theessink, who recorded “Bourgeois Blues” with me back in “the 90s” invited me for a blues festival in Austria. In April he celebrated his 60-th Birthday with a grand concert in Wienna.I was lucky to perform with him, with Jack Clement, Donovan, Dubliners, Allan Taylor, Terry Evans…   WRITES Vlado July 4th 2008 Vlado gave a lecture to the music students from the University of California (Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana). June 14th 2008 Vlado and Mali bogovi opened for Bob Dylan in Varaždin, Croatia. September 2007 Album "Cesta" is released. It has gained the highest praise by the press as well as by audience in Slovenia and in ex countries of Yugoslavia. It turns him back to a more quiet, acoustic sound with a couple beautiful duets, and two songs in Italian and one in Croatian language. October 2006 Vlado releases a book of poems. VENCI -- The Story of The Beltinška banda,recalls the time he spent with the legendary folk musicians, with whom he performed for fifteen years and released several albums. The book also contains a glossary of the dialect of the Prekmurje region and a DVD. January - May 2006 Vlado appeared with Croatian jazz group Jazzy blef, with Slovenian ethno group Katalena, with Gal in Galeristi, with Neisha and recorded with Slovenian band from Austria - Bališ. October 2005 Double LIVE CD and DVD - »KONCERT« came out. It contains four hours of music. Vlado acted in a French movie Slavic Angel in Paris. June 2005 Vlado & Mali bogovi appeared at the International Jazz Festival in Athens. May 2005 Vlatko Stefanovski joined Vlado at the concert in Skopje. 2005 Vlado and famous croatian writer Miljenko Jergović appeared together in Sarajevo at the Festival Sarajevska zima. April 2005 Vlado Kreslin's concert from December 2004 can be seen on http://ava.rtvslo.si/ava/media?action=play&mediaId=1967400 January 2005 Vlado joined R.E.M. during their concert in Ljubljana (R.E.M.official home page). (photos) November 2003 With a new album Generacija, Vlado celebrated his 50th Birthday. The conceptual album deals with the last 50 years of our time and its multimedia track shows some historical moments of Slovene (Yugoslav) history, such as speeches by Tito, the first Slovene movie and Vlado's collaboration with the hot Slovene band Siddharta. It received the best possible critical reviews in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. August 2003 Slovenia in ten snapshots September 2002 A double Greatest Hits album Kreslinčice was released. It earned Gold record status before it even reached the stores. About the album. August 2002 On a beautiful Adriatic island, Brioni, music was prepared for an album of Rade Šerbedžija. Vlado was there as an author and performer. July 2002 Chris Eckman and Vlado undertook a short Adriatic tour. May 2002 Vlado composed and performed music for Buechner's drama Woyzeck in Slovene National Theatre-Drama SNG Ljubljana. January 2002 Vlado appeared as a special guest at The Walkabout's concert in Ljubljana. Together they performed his song That Black Guitar. (photo 1 - photo 2) December 2001 Vlado's special guest at the traditional concerts in Slovene National Hall (Cankarjev dom), will be theHollywood star Rade Serbedzija (Before The Rain, The Saint, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission Impossible 2, ...). Summer 2001 Vlado was touring Croatian coast with Dubliners' singer Sean Cannon. December 5th 2000 Vlado appeared on the hystoric concert in Sarajevo. For the first time after the war Sarajevo hosted on the same stage, famous Serbian author Djordje Balašević, Croatian Oliver Dragojevič, Bosnian Kemal Monteno , Sarajevo rock group Indexi, world famous jazz trumpet player Duško Gojkovič and a Slovenian Vlado Kreslin. They appeared in front of 12.000 people in Zetra Hall. Live album is coming out soon. November 27th 2000 Two sold out concerts in Cankarjev dom (National Concert hall) were beautiful. Songs from the new album Ptič have been performed for the first time. November 2000 Vlado's new album, ''Ptič'' (The Bird), is coming out. This promises to be a rich mix of popular and ethnic music. It includes the legendary Irish Andy Irvine on bousouki. Rave reviews call this Vlado's most mature album. October 2000 Vlado has returned from Australia where he toured with the band. They played folk clubs (Kulcha- Freemantle, Nexus-Adelaide) and were the headliners at the huge Victor Harbor festival. One of their performances was broadcast worldwide on the internet. July 2000 Vlado attended festival Bardentreffen in Nurnberg , performing with Sean and James Cannon, Pat Cooksey, and Vlado's old friend, Allan Taylor. A few days later they all played Solina International Ethno festival in Croatia. June 2000 Hans Theessink invited Vlado to Donauinsel festival, where they shared the stage with Donovan and Arlo Gutrie. May 2000 The American group The Walkabouts have recorded their own version of a song written by Vlado and Miro Tomassini. The song "That Black Guitar" (Tista črna kitara) can be heard on the Walkabouts' new album, ''The Train Leaves At Eight''. April 2000 Vlado toured USA (Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland), playing Slovenian clubs.