Andreja Volenec

Andreja’s songs draw from an empathy with outsiders and a fascination with nature’s laws and patterns. Themes have included emigration, displacement, identity and belonging, loneliness, isolation and old age, war, transience, hope and aspirations, acceptance of change, the human struggle and the search for meaning and self-acceptance.

‘As an Irish-Croatian-American singer-songwriter, who also lived in England and Italy, my background and experiences have been instrumental in shaping my music and lyrics: leaving home at an early age; being a foreigner away from home; being unable to share my language and cultural background with others; experiencing the tragedy and divisions of war both remotely and first-hand; witnessing the dissolution of the country I grew up in, and with it a large part of my own identity.’

Selected reviews:

On ‘In America’: ‘ ...fabulous. ... an amazing feat. To write a song with lyrics like this is really a special thing. Andreja has a fabulous career ahead of her. If there is anybody from a record company in the audience ...you should call her up. ’

- Richard Niles (Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, James Brown, Pat Metheny), guitarist, composer, songwriter, arranger, producer, BBC presenter

‘ West One Four in West London, was packed... (the audience) had been promised an electric live show. They were not to be disappointed!... Highlights included... Andreja Volenec’s simple and beautiful original song "In America"... ’

- Vocal-tech.co.uk

At the Oxjam Kingston Festival: ‘ We certainly enjoyed playing Oxjam. I genuinely mean it when I say that one of the highlights of that night for me was hearing your songs. I can imagine you playing them on Jools Holland one day.' ’

- Olly Chapman (TrickSwitch)

On 'Waiting Both':

‘ loved the track ’

- Dermod Moore of Hot Press