Currently one of the most promising and ambitious Slovenian talents, rapper, singer, dancer and actress of Syrian-Croatian origins is here to make a statement. Her musical expression, the fruit of collaboration with her brother, producer and MC SunnySun, is a highly explosive cocktail of contemporary hip-hop, trap, R&B and footwork tropes, and bouncy club rhythms from the UK and beyond sprinkled with some Arab influences. Her infectious feel-good hit “Otherside” made us all jump on the Sahareya hype train. But the hype is real, and we are now all waiting for her debut LP “Improvised Colors” to drop. Pure girl power in the tradition of icons like M.I.A. and Little Simz.

The Sajeta Creative Camp was launched in 1998 as the first festival organised in Tolmin’s Sotočje, a venue at the confluence of two rivers. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in early July 2019, the festival provides a platform for interaction among diverse creative practices and experiences of music as its main focus. The Sajeta’s programme thus features a variety of music genres, including electronica, jazz, rock, ethno and classical music, whose common link is experimentation and creativity.

Located in the very heart of the city of Maribor, the venue’s live-music acts primarily include concerts of chanson, jazz, world music and similar genres. Location: Maribor

Since 2022, they have been operating in the premises of the Municipality of Ljubljana in the Savsko naselje, continuing with volunteering practices, experiments in the field of music production, and walking a tightrope between various economic realities.

In the last year, Samantha Maya has performed on stages across Slovenia. She mainly performs pop/rock music with a mixture of r&b and funk.

The group of four musicians formed ad hoc in 2003 in order to play at a literary dinner dedicated to poet Janez Menart. The artists recreate their songs in unconventional and minimalistic arrangements, and are noted for their melodious a cappella singing, cabaret entertainment and incorporating satirical verses by Frane Milčinski – Ježek. In 2009, the band’s self-penned song “Dobri možje” won First Prize at the Festival of Slovenian Chanson. The group’s soundscape gradually evolved, progressing from the initial acoustic music to the extended line-up that includes electric guitar. Same babe’s current style fuses cafe-cabaret acoustic interludes with inspired a cappella singing and the edgy sound of a full-blooded band infused with elements of rock, funk and punk.

Samo Kutin is known for his use of unconventional instruments, be it instruments that have already disappeared from everyday use or sound-making contraptions that feature strings, wood, pumpkins, stone, glass and waste material. One of the traditional instruments in his repertoire is the Hungarian medieval stringed instrument hurdy gurdy, which he plays at experimental and improvised music events. He conducts children's workshops, creates music for storytelling and theatre performances and is member of several ensembles, including Samo Gromofon, Salamandra salamandra, Najoua, Horda grdih and Širom.

Guitar player Samo Šalamon (1978), whose illustrious teachers include John Scofield, has built a distinguished international career. In 2008, Šalamon was selected as one of the world’s ten hottest new guitarists by the Guitar Player magazine. Three of his albums, Ela’s Dream (Splasc(h), 2005), Government Cheese (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006) and Ornethology (Samo Records, 2003), were given the highest rating (four stars) by The Penguin Guide to Jazz, a reference work containing a directory of jazz recordings, while Ornethology have been included in The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums.

Samo Vovk is active as a musician, singer, arranger, producer, guitarist, and pianist. He started to practice singing more seriously during his student years, when he entered the world of a cappella music through the Perpetuum Jazzile choir. He also began to teach himself music arrangement and jazz harmony. He is currently the artistic leader and arranger for the Vokalni band Kreativo a cappella ensemble. As an arranger and composer, he previously also collaborated with other a cappella groups and choirs both at home and abroad. Since 2012, he plays guitar in a duo with his wife, violist Barbara Grahor Vovk.

Samuel Blues & Miha Erich’s stage presence echoes in the piercing rhythms of intertwining chords and slides, accumulating in tonal cries of the accomplished, raw, gentle and vigorous blues-rock harmonica. The musicians have asserted themselves as the most original and talented representatives of Slovenian blues rock. If the harmonica never goes quiet and the percussive foot-stomping, the sounds of a slide guitar and husky singing refuse to stop, you can be sure that it’s none other than the blues duo consisting of Samuel Blues and Miha Erich.