Nech, nebo ber – Nejist jistoty 4 – CD

On the fourth album in the Nejist jistoty series, Vladimr Merta explores every creators dilemma: how to remain authentic when the world around us changes faster than we do. Uncertainty becomes the only certainty. On Nech, nebo ber, the legendary Czech singer-songwriter offers no embellishment, only raw talent and life experience, improvisation as a philosophy of life in which every note captures a moment, and an honesty that hurts. The lyrics make you think, and each song is like a page from a diary, authentic and full of the genuine human uncertainty we all feel but few can express so beautifully. Young Beatles once asked whether they would still be needed at sixty-four, but Vladimr Merta continues to create, understanding what they did not yet know: age is not an obstacle to creativity but its fuel. With every year come more experience, pain, understanding and things to say. As Merta writes, a singer-songwriter approaching eighty restlessly alternates guitar with lute, mandolin, banjo and saxophone in an unequal struggle with passing time. This is more than music: it is the testament of a generation that wanted to change the world and now reflects on what it achieved. The album is also released as a limited-edition colour vinyl pressing of 300 numbered copies.