Vlado KreslinVlado Kreslin has been variously compared to several other musician/poets, 20th century troubadours, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Woody Guthrie. Like Dylan, Kreslin has published books of lyrics and books of poetry, and other artists hve been inspired by his work, including the title poem of this collection, which was the seed for both an award-winning novel, Namesto koga roa cveti by Feri Laiček (1991) and a well-received film, Halgato, directed by Andrej Mlakar (1995). Like Springsteen, Kreslin spans generations, performing with older folk musicians as well as young prodigies, and combining traditional regional music and folktales with his own original compositions. Like Guthrie, Kreslin is not merely a troubadour, but has become a folk symbol himself. Kreslin empowered the people of Prekmurje to take pride in speaking their own dialect and in their local cultural traditions. Kreslin is seen by some as a sort of spirit of Prekmurje. He is somewhere between Springsteen, adopted as the embodiment of a Romanticized ideal of New Jersey, and Woody Guthrie, as a spokesperson for the marginalized in America in the 30s and 40s. Read More Read Less