“Blues are the only thing that makes me happy. Isn’t that ironic?” (‘Lost Love’ from the debut CD’)
At Bonn Harmonie on Thursday, remembering his late father Luther as a front runner of the electric Blues, Bernard Allison called her “The newcomer, coming along to pull up the rear end”. She’s the newcomer on this year’s Blues Caravan Tour. Talking to Vanja Sky after the show I asked for her favourite Rory Gallagher track and got a long list back – it would have been longer but Mike Zito reminded her there were a queue of people patiently waiting with CD’s in hand for autographs. With such an obvious enthusiasm for Rory 3songsbonn took an immediate liking to the young Croatian and asked to send a few questions her way. She was kind enough to do so next day. On the evidence of Thursday’s performance this girl is going to be around for quite a while on the Blues scene, so here is where your knowledge of Vanja Sky and her music starts. Where it ends is up to the lady herself. The sky, as they say, is the limit…