XIII PragueMicroFestival 2021

Justin Lavash

Justin Lavash (born London 1968) has been based in Prague for thirteen years. He has written or co-written and performed songs by some of the Czech Republic's most respected artists - Lenka Dusilová, Michal Horáček, Sunflower Caravan, Monika Načeva and he has also worked with Radůza, DG307 and Vladimír Merta. Two of his songs ("Brother" and "Dizzy and stranded in Prague" were on releases which received prizes in the Czech gramophone industry's Anděl awards in 2012 and 2013. His 2015 studio album, Changing of Tides (Tranzistor, May 2015) shows Lavash flexing some songwriting muscle and his 2016 release Programmed saw an audacious fusion of bottleneck blues and electronica styles and earned top marks in Czechia’s prestigious Reflex magazine as well as extensive airplay on Prague’s Radio1, among others.