| Tomaž Pengov | |
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Pengov in 2005. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupations | • Musician • Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | • Lute • Steel-string acoustic guitar • Twelve-string guitar |
Tomaž Pengov is a Slovenian singer-songwriter, guitarist, lutist, and poet.[1]
He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He recorded his first album Odpotovanja in 1973.[2] This album is considered to be the first cantautor album in former Yugoslavia[3] It was reissued in 1981 in stereo; the original mono edition is very rare now.
Pengov sings and plays lute, steel-string acoustic guitar and twelve-string guitar. His music is lauded by many as being original, and his style is very similar to that of the early Leonard Cohen.
He took eight years, from 1980 to 1988, to record his second album, Pripovedi, recorded with guest musicians. The music is still acoustic, but more varied.
In the 1990s, he recorded two more albums, Rimska cesta (1992) and Biti tu (1995). In 2011, he published the audiobook Drevo in zvezda (Tree and Star), in which he recites his poems.[4]