It is been 8 years since your marriage with the creator Josef City failed, your mom died, and a month later, your father. Existence has now not spared you.
“No, however so do many other folks. The variation then is in how we feature it. I had two babies to maintain, so there was once no room to dig round in all this, to hunt assist from knowledgeable. I believe I owe it to the youngsters that I controlled it, they stored me afloat.”
The son was once 10 on the time, the daughter 8. How did the youngsters deal with it?
“Fallacious, they registered that the grandparents had died they usually additionally knew that I used to be pregnant and that the child would now not be born as a result of my husband then kicked the hornet’s nest, the hornets stung me and I miscarried. Break up. Even supposing it isn’t their father, the youngsters understand all of it. However I attempted to distract them, so we flew to Thailand. Finally, it additionally helped that we moved out of the home in Kladno, which I’m recently looking to promote.”
It is been a very long time. What’s the downside of now not with the ability to promote?
“I do not know, even the true property agent wonders about it. The home is lovely, giant with an enormous plot of land that may be divided into two.’
You’re additionally promoting it to repay the multi-million buck money owed that arose whilst you signed a promissory observe to your husband’s deliberate movie. Why did you do this?
“As a result of I used to be so-called fiscally illiterate. In reality, maximum of what I earn is going in opposition to paying off my money owed, so I do not save the rest.”
Now you and your youngsters are living in a rented space in Beroun. Have you thought about an condo to save lots of extra?
“Since I’m a self-publisher, I’ve numerous pressed CDs at house, which I must retailer someplace if I lived in an condo. I calculated the entirety and renting a space in Beroun value me the similar cash as a bigger condo that I would wish with two youngsters and a room for myself and my paintings. As well as, I will’t consider that I might arrive at 4 within the morning from a live performance and cross up and down 5 occasions for tools, and so forth.”
And do not you will have any individual to face via your aspect?
“No. And I am not even in search of someone. I’m on my own with youngsters who’re at the threshold of grownup existence and beginning to turn into unbiased, so I’ve extra time for myself. I purchased a corgi canine referred to as Saturnin and he’s glorious.’
Why Saturnine?
“Corgis have a contented nature, he seems to be humorous along with his crimson hair and brief legs. I sought after to provide him a reputation that will make him smile. Which he succeeded, and after I name him, the corners upward push. Canine are nice treatment for the soul.”
These days the son is 17, the daughter is 15. Are they into song?
“Sure, either one of them. The son performs the guitar, the daughter the piano. She regarded as making use of to the conservatory, however after all she research graphic design at Hellichovce, and her son, along with the guitar, is an incredible photographer. Alternatively, he’s learning at a control academy.”
Either one of you might be in puberty, how is your courting?
“Just lately my son had an anniversary along with his female friend and he requested me if they might have a good time it at our space, so I went to spend the night time in different places and left them right here. I believe we have now a truly nice courting. They’re each great to me, they assist me, I will’t whinge.”
Does paintings additionally mean you can? You’re one of the vital productive singers in our nation – a brand new album yearly.
“Smartly, sadly. Now I have launched a CD and I have already written every other one, it is a bit of hell. Alternatively, the paintings additionally is helping me to observe the tools. I all the time transparent my head with that.”
And would not you love to take slightly wreck?
“I attempted to prevent writing and it did not paintings really well. The blokes from the Malina Brothers band almost definitely had the most important amusing on me, once they despatched me a demo recording of the music by means of Whats-App, and earlier than they might write me a message that gave the impression of “Council, would you concentrate to it and check out to jot down some lyrics”, so I advised them she despatched the primary verse and refrain.’
Are there additionally monetary causes in the back of workaholism?
“It does not lift a lot. It could be way more really helpful to stay scrubbing the best hits that individuals need. As I discussed, I’m additionally my very own writer and I endure all of the dangers. CD gross sales are losing such a lot that it is getting more difficult and more difficult to earn money to place the rest out in any respect.”
So what feeds you?
“Most commonly live shows, which I have had sufficient of earlier than Christmas. I can play solo in December, I do not end till 12/22.”
You will have been at the scene for thirty years, but you your self printed that individuals don’t acknowledge you in the street. Don’t seem to be you sorry?
“Certainly not! I have been running arduous some of these years to verify no person acknowledges me. I’m pleased with the truth that it nonetheless occurs to me that I’m going to a sold-out corridor and the usher needs a price tag for me. I like colleagues who set up reputation, I would not give it up. I wish to cross out with out makeup and wearing no matter I would like, with out someone taking footage of me, when I am not in a excellent temper, I do not wish to smile simply because I’ve to…”
Had been there occasions whilst you sought after to finish your occupation as a singer?
“No doubt sure, nevertheless it wasn’t conceivable. I do not even know what else I might do. Once I could not sing all the way through covid, I discovered a industry and arrange a workshop and supported us with purses. Now I simply have it as a pastime and every now and then I make one thing for pals.”
So no less than you will have one thing to provide your family members for Christmas but even so your albums. How would you describe your newest?
“I sought after it to be cheerful, so I labored into the music, as an example, the incident when my mother purchased my stepdad a espresso grinder for Christmas and concealed it so totally that we did not in finding it till 8 years later. This took place to her extra regularly. As an example, she purchased me garnet earrings and a hoop, and I handiest discovered them after her dying.”
You began the theme of Christmas, which is intertwined with the album. What was once the nicest present you were given underneath the tree?
“I were given a guitar from my grandfather when I used to be fifteen, I used to be more than happy with it.”
Your folks divorced whilst you have been younger. How do you have in mind Christmas as a kid?
“I did not meet my organic father for the primary time till I used to be 16, after I regarded for him, and because then we have now been seeing every different most often. As a kid, I celebrated Christmas with my mom and stepfather. Mother was once an everlasting experimenter, yearly we had some wonder at the Christmas desk, which I did not all the time like. However she made wonderful cookies and selfmade chocolate.’
Do you additionally bake cookies?
“I’ve my pals bake it, as a result of I am moderately excellent at cooking, however I am not an excellent baker. Plus, I am gluten-free.”
Do you observe any traditions?
“I do not truly like carp, so I generally make salmon, steaks for the youngsters, and salad. And we all the time pour lead, and it is all the time amusing to wager.”
Is it true that you’ve got ordered genetic trying out inside of your circle of relatives?
“Sure, that was once my concept. I came upon that my circle of relatives almost definitely got here from someplace within the Balkans and I’ve few Central Ecu genes. It fits me, I am moderately hot-tempered and energetic.’
And in addition talented in languages, of which you talk a number of…
“With Czech and Slovak 8. I discovered Russian and French at number one college, Italian on the conservatory, I discovered English via being attentive to musicians in the street, Turkish at the run and Polish from a self-taught e book.”
You discovered Turkish as a result of the daddy of your youngsters. How regularly does the son and daughter consult with their Turkish circle of relatives?
“A minimum of two times a yr and I every now and then cross with them, my ex-partner and I’ve a pleasant courting.”
Do you go back and forth in different places?
“The final time I used to be in Helsinki, earlier than that I used to be in Paris. I experience with and with out youngsters. We have been additionally just lately in Italy for ten days, nevertheless it would not be a vacation with me if the entirety went easily.’
Communicate.
“First, regardless of my a number of questions on gluten, the eating place introduced me pasta with gluten, so I used to be ill for 3 days. Therefore, a caution gentle began flashing in my automotive, so I sought a licensed carrier. The restore break the bank and took every other 3 days. When I solved it, I took the personnel to the lookout and the canine broke its claw at the method, so there was once blood all over. And I finished it via pronouncing that at the final day I sought after to lie down at the seashore and leisure earlier than the travel, I were given into the ocean and was once stung via a jellyfish.”
You’re the glue for tragedies…
“Most definitely so, in Venice once more the waiter tipped a salmon in my lap for brand new trousers. However I take it with humor, another way it will power you loopy. I wish to be bored for some time in my existence, that will be my existence’s fairy story.’
KORN, ZAGOROVA AND GOTT
On her new Christmas album, Radůza has, amongst different issues, a duet with Jiří Korn. “We met 26 years in the past within the musical Dracula and we have not noticed every different since then, he simply needed me a cheerful birthday yearly. A majority of these years, I believed that I wish to sing with him, after which after I began writing the music Mechanical Nativity, I felt it and I despatched it to him asking if he would sing it with me. Operating with him was once flawless, he’s wonderful, all the time absolutely ready, keen to paintings and be offering extra variations.” says the singer, who additionally sang a music at the report that she at the beginning wrote for Hana Zagorová. “She was once a vivid, artful woman, all the time keen to be informed new issues, sing new songs and collaborate with new folks. I am sorry she did not make it to this music, however thankfully she sang different songs of mine. It is a nice feeling when you’ll write songs for such personalities as Ms. Zagorová, Mr. Gott or Lucka Bílá…”
HOW JOY DID
“It comes from a derogatory slur, when the youngsters in school referred to as me: Radůza, důza, čoza, prosthesis in aspic. A couple of of my classmates additionally went to health club with me, however handiest Radůza stayed there. And I believed it was once in reality a excellent nickname. And one thing that was once intended to harm and humiliate me, I used it to assist me, to the contrary,” explains the singer, including: “I believe I succeeded.”
Pleasure
Creator: Atilla Inanc, archive of Radůza and Blesku