Dunja Knebl

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Dunja Knebl
Genre(s)	Acoustic Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitar
Years active	1993–present

Dunja Knebl is an acoustic/folk singer from Croatia. She was born in Zagreb, Croatia, but also lived in the USA, Indonesia and Russia. After completing the studies of English and Russian she worked most of her life as a translator and language teacher and sang folk songs to her friends. She began performing professionally in 1993, and released her first solo album in 1994, an MC with 12 songs collected by Florijan Andrašec, one of the people she mentioned as having a great influence to her music. In 1997 she was nominated for music award Porin (the Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the Best singer category. So far she released eight albums and appeared on five other compilations. The majority of the songs she sings are from Croatia (especially the region Međimurje), but also from USA, Macedonia, Russia. She is quoted saying that her greatest achievement is the inclusion of her her album Iz globline srca to the London-based A Rough Guide to World Music where she is recommended as an introduction to ethno-music from Croatia. Her albums regularly appear on Best Songs and Albums of the Year in leading Croatian magazines.

Additionally, she translated several Croatian cook-books to English language, and the biographical monodrama Why I became a singer at the age of 47 or the fear of cloning was performed by the singer over two dozen times since 1997.

Dunja Knebl is most noted for her crystal-clear voice and very simple music arrangements, often only with improvised instruments or even without any. Songs she sings are slow, mellow and often sad and melancholic. Most of all she likes to record songs she has never heard.