Vanja Ilijev – Made in Zrenjanin: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2023) Nestled in the heart of northern Serbia, Vojvodina is an autonomous region…
Serbian Bagpipe Music from Vojvodina
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Artist Profiles: Trio Balkan Strings
Trio Balkan Strings consists of Zoran Starcevic and sons. The trio performs original instrumental music, a fusion of Balkan elements: Serbian, Gypsy, Romanian, Bulgarian, Moldavian,…
Artist Profiles: Lelo Nika
Accordion virtuoso and composer Lelo Nika was born in Serbia in 1969. He was proclaimed by Joe Zawinul as “the greatest accordion player I’ve ever…
Artist Profiles: Ivan Tucakov
Ivan Tucakov was born in 1978, in Belgrade, Serbia. He grew up in Turkey and Serbia. Throughout the years, he also traveled to Spain, Portugal,…
The Unpredictable Balkan Jazz of Boris Kovač
Boris Kovač & La Campanella – Eastern Moon Rising (Riverboat TUG1076, 2014) Eastern Moon Rising showcases the multi-faceted music side of saxophonist and composer Boris…
Artist Profiles: Branco Stoysin
Born in a university town, Novi Sad, in the former Yugoslavia (and now part of Serbia), and entirely self-taught, Branco began playing guitar at the…
Eastern European Ecstasies
A term like “Eastern European music” gets bandied about by many, including me. It’s one of those convenient generalizations used to cover a category that’s…
Artist Profiles: Boban Markovic Orkestar
In a small town in Central Serbia, called Guca, the “Festival of Brass Music” takes place annually since 40 years. It’s a competition to determine…
Artist Profiles: Abrasevic-Valjevo
Abrashevich folk dance company was founded in Valjevo, Serbia, in 1905, and at the same time in Belgrade, Kragujevac and few other Serbian cities, and…
Aleksandar Simic, Saskia Rao de Haas & Shubhendra Rao to Perform at Udaipur World Music Festival
Aleksandar Simic (Serbia), Saskia Rao de Haas (The Netherlands) & Shubhendra Rao (India) are set to perform on February 13th, 2016 at Udaipur World Music…