Rad at the Library

Lorković has released five critically acclaimed solo recordings and joined numerous artists onstage or in the studio, including Odetta, Greg Brown, Sam Baker, Shawn Mullins, Richard Shindell, Ronny Cox, Dave Moore, Andy White, Bo Ramsey and the late Jimmy LaFave. He also appeared on the PBS special, “Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center,” accompanying Joe Rafael, singing with Tom Morello and playing accordion for the grand finale.

His 30-year touring career has led him from the taverns of the upper Mississippi River to the castles of Italy, The Canary Islands, The Yup’ik villages of Alaska, Woody Guthrie’s birthplace in Okemah, Oklahoma, The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1958, Lorković’s initial exposure to music can be attributed to two grandmothers. Antonija, his maternal Grandmother, sang him Croatian, Slovenian and Czech folk songs since birth. At age one he was reported to be singing back on pitch. By age three he was putting on floor shows for his grandfather and friends. Radoslav moved to the United States at age six. He had a foothold on a classical music career when at age fourteen he was sidetracked by a blues scale that a friend had taught him.