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Apparently, there still exist a few more Slovenian (former Yugoslavia) releases worth discovering I didn’t know of. Slovenska Gruda has some qualities that can be related to the 80s Sedmina band ; possibly these are the sort of qualities that are more easily developed in Slovenia, with a sound that can be related/connected to the area or education and perhaps to the local folk music styles/possibilities in expression. Concerning this particular band, I also wonder how much something was also not due to a classical education. We hear nicely accompanying strums and pickings, a special way to threat harmony vocals, with a real distinction between male and female vocals layers or sections, responses or solo responses, which sound as if from a rich tradition. Here and there there’s a little bit of flute and only guitar, which is the only element that provides the rhythms. The style varies in between a folk flavoured style, towards almost Renaissance-influenced folk, with the 8th track that has something more up tempo or countryesque, while the last track has more raw and personalised vocal harmonies. An album worth tracing and placing amongst the progfolk items from the area/times, like Sedmine, Suncockret,...
There exist two reissues (2008 and 2014)
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Darja Švajger
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin – Vlado Vadlja
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Flute [Block] – Andrej Tomšič
Tracklist:
A1 Pušico Na Ramo Djal 2:37
A2 Ranjen Junak 2:40
A3 Se Davno Mrači 4:02
A4 Grajski Vrtnar 4:18
A5 Cigan 3:24
B1 Dominik 2:40
B2 Micika Zvesta Deklica 2:52
B3 Sveti Jurij In Zmaj 2:18
B4 Alenčica Sestrica Gregčeva 4:05
B5 Kraljevič Se Zaljubi V Pastiričico 3:05
B6 Huda Mačeha 3:05
