Aniada a Noar & Brina & Metod

Running time: 90 min

Line-up: Brina Vogelnik, vocals, melodies; Metod Banko, vocals, guitar, ivy leaf; Wolfgang Moitz, vocals, flutes, bagpipes, nose flute, accordion; Lothar Lässer, vocals, accordion; Andreas Safer, vocals, violin, mandolin, mandola, singing saw

Their world is music. That is why the term "world music" is not an overstatement here. Although based in Styria, Austria, the songs of the band Aniada a Noar have always crossed borders – to Friuli, Hungary, France, Ireland, Sweden... Finally fulfilling their their long-standing wish, they now join forces with their closest neighbours to explore forgotten or lost commonalities.

Brina and Metod collaborated and sang together for the first time in Rudi Pančur's Mala mestna muzika (Small Town Music) project. Their voices blended tunefully into a fully natural, organic whole. At Cankarjev dom, they will present a project with the Austrian band Aniada a Noar.

Brina and Metod are regarded as the voice of Slovenia. In their diverse projects, the duo have developed a new musical language that draws on the rich tradition of Slovenian folk songs. Putting a fresh spin on traditional material, they breathe new life into old songs that are important to Slovenian history and identity. In Brina’s sensitive hands, adding elements of jazz and world music, the songs get an imaginative makeover. A singer and guitarist, Metod also plays the ivy leaf. His singing career has taken him from choir singing, musicals, chanson, and passing on folk traditions to throat singing. Apart from being a member of the music groups Teo Collori and Momento Cigano, Uršula Ramoveš and Fantje z jazbecove grape, as well as Mala mestna muzika, as a songwriter and performer Metod explores the connections between folk heritage and contemporary musical expression.