Metka Knap is a folklorist, musician, and visual artist from Slovenia. We met in 2022 in Macedonia and took a bardic journey to Prague and beyond.

Unfortunately, the conversation takes place over a Zoom chat with Metka being in a remote cabin in Slovenia, so the fidelity of the connection is at times spotty. Hopefully you will still be able to glean some interesting insights from our conversation.

https://www.instagram.com/vrabovka/

https://www.instagram.com/tjulnica/

https://www.instagram.com/izpodkorenin/

https://www.instagram.com/gruntuntun/

00:00:00 - Introduction, urban vs rural for artists

00:09:44 - Does the USA have more opportunities for artists?

00:16:04 - Metka's musical journey

00:22:18 - Floating Castle Festival

00:26:25 - How did we meet?

00:29:24 - Dandy's banjo

00:31:43 - More instruments

00:35:54 - At the meditation center in Serbia

00:38:38 - Recording "More Izgrejala"

00:41:28 - Onward toward Prague

00:44:39 - Our concert in Ljubljana

00:48:05 - Balkan rainbow in Serbia

00:53:31 - Future plans

00:58:39 - Visual art, a safe place for creativity

01:02:31 - The other band, Grunt

01:05:32 - Final messages