Kralj Čačka

Nenad Marić – poet, singer and guitar player who has performed for ten years under the name Kralj Čačka (King Of Čačak) – arrives to this year’s Street Musicians Festival with a reputation as the best or at least most exciting new home-grown singer-songwriter. This will be his first real performance in Novi Sad.

Musical editors and critics adore him: for them, the King is a silent rebel and dreamer, a fortunate combination of a craftsmen and artist, charismatic entertainer with a message, chronicler and (singing) wise man. Colleagues respect and are regulars at his gigs, while the audience (as audiences are) see in him what they want to see – most frequently the Serbian version of Tom Waits – what has been the nickname for years of this talented Čačak man from Belgrade.

His empire spreads from blues, jazz and rock’n’roll, all the way to bohemian songs, cabaret and chansons. The lyrics are overflowing with social commentaries – ironical, bitter and humorous. But not all, so everyone can enjoy the King, and the audience is also prone to its romantic and melancholic content.

Bohemia, charm of loss, distance – themes which follow and describe him, especially in the light of the fact that he has not yet released a studio album, so on the radio you can mostly hear that one and only: the hit single Avatar, released by the end of last year.

The King’s first songs and demo tapes appeared back in 2004 and 2005. Ten years on, we see him on stage (Thom York and Jim Jarmusch are the first associations upon appearance) with his brother Marko Marić (electric guitar, piano, percussions) and Aleksandar Stanković (double bass).

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