Ava Mendoza // Irena Z. Tomažin: Another Crying Game

Friday, November 6, at 21:00
Gabrijel, Cerkno
Tickets: 9 € presale / 12 € at the concert

Photo: David Laskowski / Saša Krajnc

Ava Mendoza (US)
a bold string-based journey through diverse genres – from blues to jazz and back

Ava Mendoza (el. guitar, vocals)

Irena Z. Tomažin: Another Crying Game (SI)
moving songs bordering on folk, the new singer-songwriter style, and experimentation

Irena Z. Tomažin (vocals, shruti box)
Andraž Mazi (el. guitar, pedal steel guitar, chaturangui)

Ava Mendoza – one of the most respected American unconventional guitarists, who we heard in Cerkno last year in a trio with William Parker and Hamid Drake – returns with a solo performance. She is active both as a collaborator with musicians across a wide spectrum of genres – ranging from art-rock to jazz and experimental music – and as a solo artist whose distinctive style blends various genres and playing techniques. Despite this breadth of genres, »roots music« (folk, country and blues) plays a significant role in her soundscape, approached through techniques drawn from jazz and improvisation. We will hear tracks from her acclaimed second solo album, The Circular Train (2024). Vocalist Irena Z. Tomažin and multi-instrumentalist Andraž Mazi will present the project Another Crying Game. As the title suggests, this is the follow-up of the highly acclaimed album iT, Crying Games (2011), which the vocalist – also known as a dancer – conceived as a meeting point for the various artistic practices she engages in. Some songs on the new album were created for dance or theater performances but were later given new lyrics and additional melodies, while others originated as short fragments at the very beginning of the iT project. The album has received nothing but praise from critics.