Celinka

On December 26, 2025, we played a sold-out show in Gallusova dvorana at Cankarjev dom as Janez Dovč & Sounds of Slovenia, under the title Zemlja, iz tebe se dotikam vsega. I'm happy we got this truly special night on tape, too. You can…

Label: Celinka Release date: June 5, 2024Production: Divje jezeroAlbum length: 44.43 minGenre: Jazz Rock Fusion / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Divje jezero are Slovenia's flagbearers of jazz rock fusion with progressive touches,…

Label: CelinkaRelease date: February 8, 2021 (digital) / May 2021 (vinyl)Production: Janez DovčGenre: Folk/World Music/Pop/Art Rock/Jazz FusionRating: 9.5/10 Janez Dovč is a major name on the Slovenian music scene. He's the boss of…

Label: CelinkaRelease date: October 9, 2020Production: Gaber Radojevič, Drago Popovič & Jan BarucaAlbum length: 23.31 minGenre: Singer/SongwritterRating: 8.0/10 At the start of this October, Rudi Bučar put out his sixth studio…

"The band has come out of this album artistically even stronger. With an exceptional level of focus and commitment, they've created a document of great creative freshness. And in exploring newly discovered musical expanses, their bold…

"What Wild Strings Trio pulled off so beautifully on their gorgeous studio debut "Lost Weekend", they now deepen, expand and keep nurturing on the new record "Bendjistan"."

"A new Prekmurje quintet of seasoned musicians is devoted to crossing traditional folk songs from Prekmurje and Porabje, which in their musical vision they dress up into a fresh musical conglomerate, delivering a new, hugely interesting and…

"A thoroughly devout "Prekmurje evening" on the second day of this year's GodiBodi festival, headlined by Edna and Ethnotrip."

"Day one of this year's GodiBodi festival of contemporary original and ethno music was all about Jernej Zoran & Ministrstvo Resnice and Fed Horses!

Label: Celinka Release date: 01.09.2018 Producer: Dejan Berden Over the years Ethnotrip have developed a chemistry all their own. It's a singular weave of instrumental playing, ruled of course by an endearing, endlessly yearning female…

"»Got Rhythm?« reflects the layered musical polish and sharp instincts of musicians who, in the distinctly stimulating language of string chamber music, deftly trade and wheel and deal across different genres as well as rhythmic textures."

"Throughout the material, the three musicians develop an extraordinary, almost intuitive sense of each other as they come together in this seamless and utterly unique musical picture book."

"Kdo bo pil iz bistrega studenca?" is an incredibly bold and brave move and one of the most beautiful documents out there, one that will irreversibly seduce and enchant even the true folk purist, in a free-spirited reworking of folk music's…

"“AkordeON” is an extremely ambitious album that puts accordion playing in a special corner of the musical universe, a far cry from the one we usually get in everyday encounters with the instrument, which in Slovenia has always come with a…

"So that's what it looks like? Slovenian "morbidity" in 2015! And Natriletno kolobarjenje s praho is its supremely authentic imprint. A gutsy experiment that is provocative throughout, hits straight and head-on, and is unbridled in its…

"Unvarnished, sincere and heartfelt. A rich, deeply moving and confessional “gift” of art in the truest sense of the word, one that wears a metaphorical mask of mocking jabs, while underneath it hides a message so powerful it will shake you…

Label: CelinkaRelease date: 2014Production: Janez DovčGenre: Folk/World Music/Pop/Art Rock/Jazz FusionRating: 9.0/10 Yep. Slovenes can be team players too. Janez Dovč, the lead protagonist and visionary behind the "Sounds Of…

"The point of fusing accordion, tuba and percussion into one unconventional, out-of-the-ordinary musical body hits its mark with sheer audacity. It serves up a completely autonomous musical experience that's hard to pin down with any real…

Location: Ljubljana / Gala hala / SloveniaDate: 25.04.2013 The Puzzled is yet another "off-the-wall" project. It's an alliance of four musicians from home scenes devoted to strict musical experimentation and free-spirited…

Label: CelinkaRelease year: 2013Production: Blaž Celarec & Tibor Mihelič SyedAlbum length: 55.51 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Fusion / Experimental / Folk Members of Katalena, Kombo Zlatka Kaučiča, Trus!, Miusow Quartet,…

Label: CelinkaRelease year: 2012Production: Aldo IvančičAlbum length: 38.32 minGenre: tango A little late to the party, but here we go anyway. This record deserves your full attention, no question. It's a head-on collision of tango…

Label: CelinkaRelease date: April 11, 2012Producer: Igor MatkovićGenre: JazzRating: 9.0/10 A familiar face at the Ljubljana music conservatory, a trumpet professor, composer, arranger, pianist and above all trumpeter, Igor…