Showing posts with label Silvia Josifoska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silvia Josifoska. Show all posts

Saturday, November 5, 2022

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

Monday, October 31, 2022

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