Voice Seeker

Author: Dandelion Lakewood

A novel documentary audio-collage magazine composed with voice memos from friends, memories, fragments, interviews, music, and field recordings from the travels of nomadic bard Dandelion Lakewood. To be published quarterly on Solstices and Equinoxes.
Be a guest on this podcast

Language: en

Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture

Contact email: Get it

Feed URL: Get it

iTunes ID: Get it

Get all podcast data

Listen Now...

A bardic journey with Metka Knap [Voice Seeker #12, Autumnal Equinox 2025]
Episode 12
Friday, 19 September, 2025

Metka Knap is a folklorist, musician, and visual artist from Slovenia. We met in 2022 in Macedonia and took a bardic journey to Prague and beyond.Unfortunately, the conversation takes place over a Zoom chat with Metka being in a remote cabin in Slovenia, so the fidelity of the connection is at times spotty. Hopefully you will still be able to glean some interesting insights from our conversation.https://www.instagram.com/vrabovka/https://www.instagram.com/tjulnica/https://www.instagram.com/izpodkorenin/https://www.instagram.com/gruntuntun/00:00:00 - Introduction, urban vs rural for artists00:09:44 - Does the USA have more opportunities for artists?00:16:04 - Metka's musical journey00:22:18 - Floating Castle Festival00:26:25 - How did we meet?00:29:24 - Dandy's banjo00:31:43 - More instruments00:35:54 - At the meditation center in Serbia00:38:38 - Recording "More Izgrejala"00:41:28 - Onward toward Prague00:44:39 - Our concert in Ljubljana00:48:05 - Balkan rainbow in Serbia00:53:31 - Future plans00:58:39 - Visual art, a safe place for creativity01:02:31 - The other band, Grunt01:05:32 - Final messages