Ženila se tuga
i nevolja.
Pir delala,
kruha ni imala.*
He began to reveal his love for folklore music spontaneously and to some extend shyly remaking the traditional Slavonian song ‘Đakovo, Đakovo’ and by composing his ‘Baba Ljuba blues’ in Posedarje’s dialect. As a versatile explorer of the traditional delta blues, Bebè Na Volè has been authoring, recording and performing music for years by do-it-yourself principles, continuing to explore musical heritage of its Slavonian and Dalmatian roots occasionally.
Open studio residency at the Miroslav Kraljević Gallery is an opportunity for a more studious research of the folklore heritage – as the people’s blues – and to folk customs asocciated with it. In the studio research and in creation of a temporary reading room and auditoryin the gallery, Adam will be joint by Selma, who, although not performing music herself, often finds inspiration in anarchist, work and feminist songs.
Open studio’s research, performance and listening space will be open to anyone interested in an encounter with experimental, eclectic reading of Croatian folk music and its associated blues. Performance event scheduled in the gallery on February 17th, starting at 8 p.m., will mark a temporary wrapping up of the research process.
Open studio can be visited every Wednesday (31.1., 07.02. and 14.02.) between 20-22 h. Other
dates will be previously announced on our FB event.
Open studio is supported by Ministry of culture of the Republic of Croatia, as well as municipal bureau of education, culture and sport.
Adam Semijalac, Zagreb based blues musician better known as Bebè Na Volè, is one of the pioneers of the local independent music scene. As an experimenter he continuously collaborates with other artists, and writes and performs music for dance, theater and film.
www.bebenavole.com
bebenavole.bandcamp.com
Selma Banich, artist, activist and happy housewife
selmabanich.org
* Istrian folk song
