Alba Nacinovich was born in Rijeka in 1986 and came close to music very ear… Read Full Bio ↴Alba Nacinovich was born in Rijeka in 1986 and came close to music very early, singing at various children's song festivals such as the international Zecchino d'Oro where she won the "Zecchino d'Argento" in 1993. She started to take piano lessons from prof. Roberto Haller and took part in some theatre pieces at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc both as actress and soundtrack's vocal performer. In 2003 she won the 1st prize at the Rijeka's Gitarijada rock festival with the band Matriz. She figures on Damir Halilić Hal and Crooks & Straight's records.
At present, she's attending the Jazz Course at the "Giuseppe Tartini" Conservatory in Trieste, Italy, under the guide of professors Glauco Venier, Marcello Tonolo, Stefano Bellon, Carla Marcotulli and Klaus Gesing. As part of the Erasmus Student Exchange Programme, she "migrated" for a semester at the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo in Porto, Portugal, where she studied with professors Michael Lauren, Sofia Ribeiro and Paulo Perfeito. Over the last few years she attended masterclasses and workshops with (among others): Stefano Bollani, Diana Torto, Ohad Talmore NewsReel (featuring Shane Endsley, Jacob Sacks, Matt Pavolka, Dan Weiss), Harjo Pasveer, Pedro Madaleno.

Leo Škec was born in Rijeka in 1985 and began playing the guitar at the age of 16. In 2003, after taking some basic guitar lessons, he was introduced to the Lovran Wind Orchestra (Puhački Orkestar Lovran) by his teacher Zoran Dumičić – Duma. There he learned to play rhythm and lead guitar and became familiar with different stlyes such as rock, pop, jazz and latin music. As a member of P.O.L. and of the Josip Pepi Forembacher's Big Band, Leo played with some of the most popular artists of the Croatian pop and jazz scene, such as Gibonni, Oliver Dragojević, Severina, Elvis Stanić, Lela & Joe Kaplowitz, Meri Trošelj, Marko Tolja and Tina Vukov. Together with Franjo Črnjarić on alto saxophone, in 2004 Duma and Leo formed a band called Puma i Tri Lava and began to play jazz standards, and the year after they founded the band LoveRunners with Boris Kačić on percussion and Alba Nacinovich on vocals...

Redemption Song
Alba&Leo Lyrics

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Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the Book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book
Won't you have to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs

These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom

Overall Meaning

The song "Redemption Song" by Alba&Leo is a powerful and impactful tune that explores themes of slavery, oppression, and freedom. The opening lines, "Old pirates, yes, they rob I/Sold I to the merchant ships/Minutes after they took I/From the bottomless pit" paints a vivid picture of the horrors of slavery and how Black people were treated like commodities to be bought and sold. However, despite this trauma, the singer's spirit remains unbroken, as evidenced by the lines "But my hand was made strong/By the hand of the Almighty/We forward in this generation/Triumphantly". The unshakable faith the singer has in a higher power gives them the strength to keep fighting for freedom.

Line by Line Meaning

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Pirates from the past robbed me

Sold I to the merchant ships
I was sold to slave traders

Minutes after they took I
I was captured very quickly

From the bottomless pit
Referring to being sold into slavery

But my hand was made strong
I gained strength with help from a higher power

By the hand of the Almighty
This higher power was the Almighty

We forward in this generation
We keep moving forward as a new generation

Triumphantly
We will overcome and succeed

Won't you help to sing
Join me in singing together

These songs of freedom?
Singing songs that represent freedom

'Cause all I ever have
All I ever had was

Redemption songs
Songs of redemption

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
Free your minds from oppression

None but ourselves can free our minds
Only we can free ourselves mentally

Have no fear for atomic energy
Don't be afraid of nuclear weapons

'Cause none of them can stop the time
Nuclear weapons can't stop time

How long shall they kill our prophets
How long will our leaders be assassinated?

While we stand aside and look?
Are we going to watch idly by?

Ooh

Some say it's just a part of it
Some think it's unavoidable

We've got to fulfill the Book
We must fulfill our destiny

Won't you help to sing
Let's sing together

These songs of freedom?
Songs that represent freedom

'Cause all I ever have
All I ever had was

Redemption songs
Songs of redemption

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
Free your minds from oppression

None but ourselves can free our minds
Only we can free ourselves mentally

Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
Don't be afraid of nuclear weapons

'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
Nuclear weapons can't control time

How long shall they kill our prophets
How long will our leaders be assassinated?

While we stand aside and look?
Are we going to watch idly by?

Yes, some say it's just a part of it
Some think it's unavoidable

We've got to fulfill the book
We must fulfill our destiny

Won't you have to sing
Won't you come sing with me

These songs of freedom?
Songs of freedom

'Cause all I ever had
All I ever had was

Redemption songs
Songs of redemption

All I ever had
All I ever had was

Redemption songs
Songs of redemption

These songs of freedom
These are songs of freedom

Songs of freedom
These are songs of freedom

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BOB MARLEY, EDWARD FRANCIS RIMBAULT, PHILIPP DODDRIDGE, EDWIN R. HAWKINS

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