{"id":8466,"date":"2025-04-17T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sajeta.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=8466"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:22:00","slug":"chris-eckman-slo","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.sajeta.org\/en\/edition\/artist\/chris-eckman-slo\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS ECKMAN (SLO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alchemical singersongwriting of a Slovenian Americana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Eckman is one of those songwriters with the alchemist\u2019s touch. He\u2019s proved it over the years as the songwriter of the Seattle rock-folk band The Walkabouts, as well as across a lauded six album solo career. His songs have been recorded by Townes Van Zandt, Steve Wynn, Willard Grant Conspiracy (and others), and his last album, the spare, haunted Where the Spirit Rests, won the prestigious German Record Critics Award (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik) in 2021. Three and a half years later he\u2019s back with The Land We Knew the Best, and new stories to tell. He is going to do that accompanied by an extended lineup: Bla\u017e Celarec (drums), \u017diga Golob (contrabass), Alastair McNeill (electric guitar), Jana Beltran (vocals, acoustic-electric guitar) and Andra\u017e Mazi (pedal steel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Eckman (guitar, vocals)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bla\u017e Celarec (drums)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u017diga Golob (double bass)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alastair McNeill (electric guitar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jana Beltran (vocals, acoustic-electric guitar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andra\u017e Mazi (pedal steel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriseckman.net\">https:\/\/www.chriseckman.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eckman.chris\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.eckman.9\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2Lc049MATwWRm2VpfB74YW?si=4pX9Lb3MSaCZcZwrsep7uA\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chriseckman.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-land-we-knew-the-best\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Eckman &#039;Genevieve&#039; (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIuGFvr5yhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8467,"template":"","sajeta_edition":[94],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CHRIS ECKMAN (SLO) - Sajeta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sajeta.org\/en\/edition\/artist\/chris-eckman-slo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHRIS ECKMAN (SLO) - Sajeta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alchemical singersongwriting of a Slovenian Americana Chris Eckman is one of those songwriters with the alchemist\u2019s touch. 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