Nocni Obraz

Vladimr Mik, whose recent album Jednou te potkm(Ill Meet You Once) won six Czech Music Academy Awards and received excellent reviews, releases a new studio album entitled Nocn obraz (Night Image) in September 2021. Like in the case of the previous project, this album originated in collaboration with producer Petr Ostrouchov and his band Blue Shadows. The music on the album is by Ostrouchov and Mik and the repertoire includes music composed to Miks own lyrics and musicalisations of poems by Czech poets Jan Skcel, Vclav Hrabe, Jir Orten and Frantiek Hrubn. As the final track of the album, the authors included the song Dekuji (Thank you), based on a poem by the recently deceased David Stypka. The new album features a number of distinguished international guests, including Blind Boys of Alabama, Jerry Douglas, Irish-music stars Davy Spillane and Dnal Lunny, percussionist from Paul Simons band Jamey Haddad, or mandolinist Mike Marshall, and prominent local musicians, such as organist Ondrej Pivec, pianist Jan Steinsdrfer, saxophonist Frantiek Kop, and world-famous horn player Radek Babork and his ensemble. Alongside Miks own voice, the recording also features guest vocalists Lenka Dusilov, Robert Krestan, Lenka Nov, Markta Foukalov, and a trio of New York gospel vocalists.