Silvia Josifoska & Band - Blues

Album: Blues
Size: 100,4 MB
Time: 43:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Rock Me Baby (3:16)
2. Cajun Moon (3:45)
3. Sky's Crying (7:03)
4. Midnight Train (5:08)
5. Before You Accuse Me (3:29)
6. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:50)
7. Mistreated Woman (3:52)
8. Old Love (6:49)
9. After Midnight (5:08)

Silvia Josifoska is one of the most important and original faces of the Slovak blues and jazz scene. Silvia discovered blues already as a teenager, and soon it became a dominant genre in her repertoire. Besides blues, Silvia was enchanted by genres such as soul, funk, jazz and rock. Ever since the first half of the 90’s, when she entered the music scene, she captured the audience by her unique voice color and strong musical feeling. At that time, Silvia was known from performances by the folk-rock group Sanyland or her own formation Mr. Band (with which she produced the blues compilation Blues Company No 2, 1998) and was quickly establishing herself on the Slovak blues scene.

At that time, she is accepting a collaboration offer from the top Slovakian keyboardist Gabriel Jonáš. Gradually, her collaboration extends to other elite Slovak musicians such as Juraj Burian, Martin Gašpar, Marcel Buntaj, Juraj Tatar, Martin Durdina, Erich Bobos Walk, Juraj Turtev, Stefan Lengyel, Ondrej Krajnak, Stefan Pišta, Bartus, Marián Ševcík and many other top musicians from Slovakia but also from abroad such as Stan the Man (UK), Peter Rowan (USA), King George (USA). In 2005 she released the first blues debut CD "Blues" together with her band.

Silvia has performed at many club and festival stages during her longstanding musical career. With her colleagues she has performed on stages not only in Slovakia, but also in the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Poland and Russia. Thanks to her inimitable voice and expression, many Slovak and foreign celebrities have invited her to collaborate on their studio projects, e.g. Jaro Filip, Richard Muller, Jaromir Nohavica, Janek Ledecký, Second Grass, Peter Rowan and many others.

Personnel: Silvia Josifoska (vocals); Pišta Lengyel (guitar); Martin Žiak (bass); Štefan Bugala (drums); Erich "Boboš" Procházka (harmonica); Peter Preložník (keyboards).

Blues mc
Blues zippy

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Silvia Josifoska - Closer

Album: Closer
Size: 118,1 MB
Time: 51:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Modern electric blues
Art: Front

1. I'll Make You Feel So High (5:03)
2. In A Subway (5:13)
3. Red Blood (4:12)
4. Midnight Fire (5:43)
5. I Can't Make You Love Me (5:03)
6. Grooved (5:28)
7. Closer (5:46)
8. Every Man Needs A Woman (4:32)
9. You (3:59)
10. Baby Please Don't Go (6:08)

With the release of "Closer", the three-time winner of the title of best blues singer of the year also presents herself for the first time as a music author. She is credited to "In a Subway", "I’ll Make You Feel So High" and "Midnight Fire". The next three songs come from the pen of her colleague and longtime friend Erich Boboš Procházka ("Closer", "You", "Grooved"). The album also includes covers from the band’s original arrangements.

The first released single, for which a music video directed by Bran Špacek was shot, is the song "Red Blood" by the German band Blues Company, originally released in 1993. For this studio project, Silvia invited the best Slovak musicians. In addition to all the musicians mentioned above, guitarist Martin Zajko also took part. Bassist Martin Gašpar is also the album’s producer, and vocalist Katarina Korcek contributed several lyrics in addition to her vocals.

Thanks to Gio

Closer mc
Closer zippy

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Juraj Schweigert & The Groove Time - Spin-Off

Size: 120.6 MB
Time: 51:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues, Jazz, Funk, Soul
Art: Front

01. Nobody's Talkin' (5:22)
02. Spin-Off (4:07)
03. Every Four Seconds (3:57)
04. Stay With Me (4:50)
05. She's Right (4:52)
06. Straight Back (4:20)
07. Gruvgrass (5:24)
08. Shoelaced (4:55)
09. Fix Me Up (5:36)
10. Miss Chief (4:34)
11. Drivin' Home (3:26)

Juraj Schweigert & The Groove Time is Bratislava-based and the band features top musicians in the region (Juraj Schweigert-harmonica/vocals, Zsolt Szitási -guitar, Matej Štubniak - bass, and Juraj Raši - drums). The band started as a jump blues band and slowly developed a character of its own. While rooted in blues we like mixing in all kinds of genres like jazz, funk, latin, or rock so that we keep the music fresh and cultivate our own sound. The material we are currently working on mostly explores the common ground of blues and genres like funk, soul, and groove.

The band has won several awards at home and abroad and played a number of blues and jazz festivals. In 2015, we released our debut album Novelty Shop (finalist of the Blues Foundation Best Self-produced CD competition) and in 2016 we represented Slovakia at the European Blues Challenge in Torrita. As an instrumentalist, Juraj was awarded 2nd place at the World Harmonica Festival in the Blues category in 2017.

Spin-Off MP3
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Lubos Bena & Bonzo Radvanyi - Slowak Blues Project

Size: 80,2 MB
Time: 33:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Bad Moon (2:26)
02. Don't Waste My Time (3:00)
03. Stale Psi (2:28)
04. No Expectations (4:24)
05. Hey Doc (2:50)
06. Down On Me (2:56)
07. Walking The Dog (3:00)
08. What Have You Done (3:08)
09. The Letter (2:44)
10. I Woke Up This Morning (3:10)
11. You Can't Judge A Book (3:34)

The Slovak Blues Project was founded by a well-known Slovak Bluesman, Lubos Bena, back in 2015. This was in close cooperation with Slovak Bluesman, Peter Bonzo Radvanyi. This experimental Project combines various generations of Slovak musicians. You will find that this album offers both traditional and modern schools of American blues, as well as our own original compositions. A melting pot of Blues poured into a blender with fresh ingredients.

Slowak Blues Project

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Lubos Bena & Bonzo Radvanyi - Nemám Hlad, Nemám Smäd

Year: 2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:28
Size: 74,3 MB
Styles: Blues, roots
Scans: Front

1. Big Road Blues (2:44)
2. I Love To Live My Life Today (2:06)
3. Travelling Blues (2:44)
4. Zdá Sa, Ze Koncím.mp3 (3:24)
5. Diving Duck (3:17)
6. Drinking Blues (3:36)
7. Nemám Hlad, Nemám Smäd (2:22)
8. She's About A Mover (3:52)
9. Talkative Woman (2:41)
10. The King Of The Blues (3:27)
11. Stop Drinking That Wine (2:20)
12. I Had A Battle With My Whiskey Bottle (3:14)

"Nemám Hlad, Nemám Smäd" (I'm not hungry, I'm not thirsty) - a new album by the two Slovak bluesmen Lubos Bena and Bonzo Radvanyi has been recently released on the Czech Indies Happy Trials Records Publishing label. The new album is a collection of mostly Lubos Bena and Bonzo's original tunes, sung in Slovak and English, supplemented with a few well-known blues standards. The album was recorded as was usual in the old days - all live, in one session and mostly in one take. Simply, "one two three four and go". The album's cover and inserted booklet are interwoven with black and white photographs, songs lyrics, info about the musicians, as well as about a history of the resophonic guitar and its inventor.

In spite of the "mini" personnel of just the two musicians involved, the new album offers a wide variety of music. It contains not the typical twelve-bar blues only. In individual pieces you can hear different harmonies, rhythms, moods and even blues styles. Lubos Bena has capitalized on his experience of traveling around Mississippi Delta and besides the resophonic guitar he plays at the same time also on a reduced drum kit. On top of that, he has recorded on the album all the rhythms parts, washboard, resophonic guitar, a special guitar made of gas can, electric Fender Telecaster guitar. In the last album's tune he "plays" even the sound of the famous Slovak Pine Brandy bottles... On the other hand, Bonzo Radvanyi, who is a more blues-rock oriented musician,has recorded all the vocals and enriched the album with some harmonica and kazoo solos. Beside the two mentioned musicians, in a couple of tunes the album features also Hammond organist Mike Kramir, who used to play with Bonzo Radvanyi in a legendary Slovak beat group The Breakers, back in the 6Os.

Lubos Bena and Bonzo Radvanyi are the best-known resophonic guitars promoters over here. Not only they play these instruments, but they also live in the part of Slovakia where John Dopyera was born. They both have several times also personally met with the family of John Dopyera. By the way, the new CD album is dedicated to the memory of this Slovak born inventor of resophonic guitar, whose 120th birth anniversary will be commemorated in July next year. Besides, in January 2013 we will also mark the 25th anniversary of his death.

Nemám Hlad, Nemám Smäd mc
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Jergus Oravec Trio - Done So Far

Size: 184,4 MB
Time: 79:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Rock, Acoustic Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. That’s The Way (5:25)
02. Sweet Home Chicago (Feat. Jan Svihalek) (3:45)
03. Real (3:56)
04. Vultures (7:19)
05. (You Won’t) Get Away (3:56)
06. No Such Thing (4:59)
07. Stop This Train (5:25)
08. Stormy Monday (6:12)
09. Yesterday Shutting Down (6:07)
10. All Along The Watchtower (6:22)
11. Before You Accuse Me (3:26)
12. Rambling On My Mind (4:44)
13. Povedz (5:26)
14. Crossroads (3:46)
15. Fire (3:30)
16. Amadeus (5:29)

Jergus Oravec was born April 15th, 1989 in Trencin, Slovakia. He is the only child of academic painter Juraj Oravec and his wife, dancer Jana Oravcova. He took up the study of piano at the age of six and actively played for seven years. Leaving the piano behind, Jergus discovered the guitar at the age of sixteen. He is grateful for his beginnings to Led Zeppelin and the guitar of Jimmy Page.

Musically developing, he began his first rock band, Next Page. Playing all over Slovakia, despite its limited ensemble (trio), the band is capable of working its way to the national finals of the Blast:beat competition in 2008—with its own repertoire. In the same year, the band also recorded its first album of the same name.

Eventually, Jergus reached out to the roots of music—the blues—and the band grew by two more members (saxophone and keyboard). Next Page changed their musical style and published a blues DVD, “Just One Night”. This recording from a live concert was later nominated for the Blues Newcomer of the Year in 2010.

In the meantime Jergus records a demo acoustic project, “Born”, which contains such blues standards as the music of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters or T-Bone Walker. 2011 marked the transition to more experimental genres, such as nu-jazz, neo-soul, traditional jazz and funky. In the same year, Jergus participated in the Czecho-Slovak version of the singing competition American Idol and musically influenced a large audience. Jergus was among the top 16 finalists of the show, but was eliminated with the song Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, which he later recorded live at the Slovak Radio Expres.

Jergus is currently heavily playing in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland with his musical project Jergus Oravec Trio. Often playing in clubs, the band also plays at music festivals. In 2012, the Jergus Oravec Trio became the laureate of the prestigious international blues festival Blues Alive. Furthermore, Jergus’s album “Just Above The Surface” was recently selected among the top 20 best self-produced blues albums from around the world at the International Blues Challenge 2013.

At the age of 23 he has recorded one studio album, one Christmas single, and two live DVD recordings. He has collaborated with many influential Slovak musicians and continues to work with some of the biggest names on the Slovak music scene.

Done So Far

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