
Jones studied jazz at Berkley and currently lives in London. “Their edgy electro pop songs combine razor-sharp hooks with forward-thinking production choices and unfiltered lyrics about relationships, queerness and mental health.” In 2016, he founded SipaBoards in Kamnik, Slovenia, and created the world’s first jet-propelled, self-inflating paddleboard. Today, Slovenia boasts diverse music festivals that will satisfy sophisticated classical tastes, as well as the interests of those who enjoy jazz improvisations or the pulse-pounding sounds of heavy metal. The ESNS website describes Jones as a “future superstar with a distinctive look and point of view”. The Music Co-curricular program at Sylvania High School offers all students vocal and instrumental opportunities. The festival movement swept through Slovenia over 60 years ago, when there was a movement throughout Europe to bring art closer to the people. The Grand Jury Award went to Sans Soucis from Italy, while the winner of the Public Choice Award went to Jerry Heil from Ukraine.Īfter the awards ceremony, all 15 nominees were presented at the ESNS, Europe’s largest showcase festival, alongside last year’s winners Blanks from the Netherlands, Francis of Delirium from Luxembourg and Alina Pash from Ukraine. 9 DOI: 10.4312/mz.56.2.9-20 UDK 78(497.4):001.89119/20:323.1 Researching Music in Slovenia: One Hundred Years Later Ale Nagode University of Ljubljana.

Other winners are Schmyt from Germany, Oska from Austria, Queralt Lahoz from Spain and the duet Kids Return from France. The winners were picked out of 15 nominees by Jacqueline Baghdasaryan, a singer from the Armenian group Ladaniva, the festival’s manager MadCool Cindy Castillo, Gemma Bradley from the BBC radio, Bryan Johnson from Spotify and Kevin Cole from the US radio station KEXP. “July Jones is about as ‘fresh and current’ as you can get, mixing pop, hip-hop beats, polished production and songs that are statements about personal identity,” the judges said. The list of previous winners includes artists such as Dua Lipa, Hozier and Stromae. The award, which comes with a €10,000 prize, is to support artists in their careers.

Soon Ill be uploading some new videos about more games.Links. BORKA is a 25 years old DJ/producer from Ljubljana, Slovenia, he’s been spinning records since 1999. Slovenian artist July Jones is one of the five recipients of the Music Moves Europe Award, handed out at the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) festival in Groeningen, the Netherlands. I hope you guys find this video useful.Leave a like and share with your friends if you can ). July Jones wins the Music Moves Europe Award.
