Vladimír Merta

{{Short description|Czech musician (born 1946)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

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| genre = Folk music

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| instrument = Guitar, vocals, harmonica

| years_active = 1960s–present

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| website = http://www.vladimirmerta.cz/

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Vladimír Merta (born 20 January 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia){{cite web

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}} is a Czech folk singer-songwriter. He was also journalist, writer, photographer, architect, filmmaker and author of film music. He recorded many solo albums. In 2011 he released album Ponorná řeka with rock band Etc….{{cite web

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}} In the summer of 1976 and 1977 he performed at the Koncert mladosti festival in Pezinok, Slovakia.[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbiy2lGWBnorFFXA8GHhh_jKTkwNSl8A4Wn75eNfe_Crj-yxjx6eVdLaK3yo3jzcfC0jtsdDDCISTZQ3HXLjpr67leyCvCqbocP1oKl7_L0oveoOZ20Rb9RxyEP0Eazcj1Nu1aKXPP4I/s1600/01.jpg Plagáty festivalu Koncert mladosti 1976 a 1977]

Discography

  • Ballades de Prague (1969)
  • Pravda o Marii (recorded 1970, unreleased)
  • P.S. (1978)
  • Vladimír Merta 1 (1989)
  • Vladimír Merta 2 (1989)
  • Struny ve větru (1989)
  • Hodina vlka (1990)
  • Chtít chytit vítr (1992)
  • Bití rublem (1992)
  • Svátky trpělivosti (1992)
  • Sefardské inspirace (1996; with Jana Lewitová)
  • Nebuď nikdy sám (1997)
  • Obrázky v kartách (1998)
  • Svátky trpělivosti (1999)
  • Mít míň je víc (1999)
  • Ametysty (2000)
  • Bývaly časy (2001)
  • Drobné lži (2003)
  • Filmy v hlavě (2004)
  • Jánošík (2007)
  • Ve tmě mě zanechte... (2008; with Jana Lewitová; Czech versions of John Dowland's songs)
  • LIVE / Malostranská beseda 1988 (2010)
  • Ponorná řeka (2011; with Etc...)
  • Včerejší vydání (2011; with Jan Hrubý)

References

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