What is the Press saying about Levon?

From the Portland Tribune:

EASTERN EUROPEAN

Levon Levan
Levon Levan bills himself as “the Croation Sensation With No Explanation,” and his Web site invites you to check out “the spectacle that is Levon Levan.”
Tonight you can do that in person, as Levon brings his particular brand of swaggering Eastern European machismo/brilliance to Acme, along with such audience-pleasing numbers as “I Wonder if She’s Kinky” and “You’re Looking Good.”
Not recommended if you’re allergic to gold chains, chest hair or not-so-subtle come-ons delivered in smarmy accents. Very much recommended if you need a break from relatives and leftover turkey or a little shot of Vegas-inspired genius to lift you out of the post-holiday doldrums.
9 p.m. MONDAY, Dec. 26, Acme, 1304 S.E. Eighth Ave., 503-230-9020, $5
JAZZ

From the Portland Oregonian:

Levon Levan: Think Tom Jones. Now think Eastern Europe. Portland's pelvis-pivoting playboy Levon Levan combines elements of both. Business Suit Guy will open the theatrical show, incorporating something called a Chucraphone. 9 p.m. Fri, Acme Food and Drink, 1304 S.E. Eighth Ave.; $5.

From Portland, Oregon's Willamette Week:

Levon Levan, Stuntdoubler, Business Suit Guy

Acme Food & Drink | 1304 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020 [map]
[CROATIAN TOM JONES] Self-dubbed as the "Croatian Sensation with No Explanation," Levon Levan is pretty much a Croatian version of Tom Jones. A slicked-back coif, chest-hair-exposing white shirt and tight, high-waisted black leather pants housin' an ever-thrusting pelvis make up his uniform, and numbers like "You're Lookin' Good" and "I Wonder If She's Kinky" make up his repertoire. Of course, behind Levan's crooning the question constantly lurks: "Is this guy serious?" Though his presentation is playful and his style is hokey, I'd still like to believe LL is sincere when he promises "not a dry panty in the house." AMY MCCULLOUGH. Acme Food & Drink. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.

New Interview in Croatia's Imperijal Magazine



Here is the article, translated from Croatian to English by Levon himself:

Levon Levan

Croatian Elvis Presley

I don't want to talk about sexual
relationship W/ daughter of Croatian President of
Congress.

A distant cousin of Miroslav
Skoro shook up our beautiful country w/ sexual affair
& today in America is picking up ladies panties.

Tomislav Komlinovich talked w/
Levon Levan.
Hairy chest, golden chains, & leather pants are his
trademarks.
His closets are full of ladies panties. Hot ladies are
drawn to him. Levon Levan is a sex symbol & God's gift
to every woman.
A Croatian stallion whose real name is Slavko Skoro,
born in a poor farming village called Runovic in the
city of Imotski,
with his Brothers in 1969 left across the big Ocean.
He took music as his life's passion. In Portland, OR ,
he put together a band of extremely talented musicians
& immediately stepped on the stage at the local bars.
After just a few months he started filling arenas.
Put in a category w/ Tom Jones & Elvis Presley.
Not only about music, American media talked about his
Love life.
That's how in American media came a "rumor" that Levon
Levan had a love affair with a daughter of Croatian
President of Congress whose identity was never
disclosed.

Tomislav: Can you tell us who we are
talking about?
Levon: There were some rumors after one of my visits
to Croatia , but like every other gentleman it does not
come into my mind to talk about it in public. Like
American President Bill Clinton once said "I never had a sexual
relationship with that woman".
T: Does it bother you when you hear some negative
publicity about you?
L: When you are in public eye you can't escape
critics. I have noticed that some people will never
understand my real message, so I focus on those who
like what I do. I also believe that there is no
negative publicity, cause when they write about me it
means they are interested in what I do.
T: In 1979 you tried to make your music career in
Croatia . Why did you stop?
L: I was playing in local bars & built quite a name
for myself in short time. But very soon I knew that I
couldn't make good living in Croatia .
In 1993 when Croatia was in war I recorded some
patriotic songs (in Croatian) I was in negotiations w/
Croatia records to distribute my songs for
humanitarian purposes but politics got in the way &
negotiations broke down.
T: Do you listen to Croatian music?
L: When I was just a child I listened to Croatian
traditional music in that time most influence on me
came from Krunoslav Slabinac. Now I just concentrate
on my own original sound.
T: You have the same last name as one of our famous
singers Miroslav
Skoro. Are you any relationship to him?
L: I am his distant cousin from my Grandfather's side.
I never met him personally but my cousins know him
very well.
T: Are you planning to visit Croatia soon?
L: I would like to come with my band as soon as
possible, but right now we are in the studio finishing
our newest CD. We are looking for
distribution co. on Croatian market. My dream always
was to have huge concert in Zagreb for my people.
T: Do you have a message for present & future Croatian
fans?
L: Yes. I Levon Levan send my regards to my Croatian
people & my beloved country Croatia . I hope that in
the near future you will know about me; The Croatian
son in Portland, OR . who is on the verge of breaking
through onto world's music scene.
I Love you very much my Croatian people.

Willamette Week Interview


Exotic Magazine Review



This time The Portland Mercury doesn't get it




a better review
From The Portland Mercury:

LEVON LEVAN, STUNT DOUBLER, ALTAREGO, AREOLA 51 (Ash Street, 225 SW Ash) If Cold War funnyman Yakov Smirnoff were a lounge singer (and from Croatia insteada Mother Russia) he'd totally be Slavo from Portland's Levon Levan. Oft called the "Croatian Tom Jones" by record reviewers, and the "sey-xiest mehn alive" by himself, Slavo works a crowd like a 50-year-old Har Mar Superstar on a serious Siegfried and Roy kick leather pants, flowing silk shirts, grizzly bear chest hair all a-blazing. But is Slavo an ironic grifter making pomo theater or just some poor, dumb Croat who's been Hasselhoffed into believing he can make it in American showbiz? I hope it's the latter, but this seems to cheesy/good too be true. ADAM GNADE



From Portland's Barfly magazine:

Levon Levan
In Croatia his native homeland, Levon Levan
enjoyed an illustrious musical career up and down
the coast along the Adriatic Sea. He was a man of
influence and local icon representing a proud
people through live performance and song. In 1991
Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia and
a bitter and violent battle ensued to eradicate
Serb occupants from the homelands. During these
trying times Levon began a love affair with the
president of parliament’s daughter. Fearing
scandal and possible execution he decided to leave
his turbulent homeland and start a new life of
anonymity in the northwest corner of the United
States.
After fourteen years of hiding Levon has once
again emerged to bring his “European” style show
to the stages of America. He will wear his leather
pants tight, button down his silk shirt as far as
they may go and reveal the proud bounty of chest
hair that cradles his golden love medallions. He
will take hold of your “Body and Soul” and put you
in the “Lovin’ Mood” backed his all-star a band.
Levon Levan has come to pelvic thrust his way into
your heart, lock your panty drawer…