Once upon a time, the city of Mostar was considered a model for how fractious ethnic communities could learn to live together. The Bosnian war changed everything, although amid the general destruction ...

"Hatred is not in my make-up. I can forgive, but I can't forget," says the singer Ilijaz Delic, who lost three members of his family in the Bosnian war. He is a national treasure in Bosnia, although ...

Créez-vous un compte gratuitement et retrouvez les contenus que vous avez sauvegardés. Miso Petrovic se souvient d’à peu près tout. C’était il y a 25 ans, il avait rangé sa guitare dans son étui pour ...

Pendant et longtemps après la guerre les bosniaques n'ont eu que le "Sevdah" pour survivre. Pour les musiciens il siginifie la bile noire qui circule dans le corps et influes sur nos sentiments. Il ...

One of the Balkan's best-known bands is Mostar Sevdah Reunion, whose 12th studio album Lady Sings The Balkan Blues (Snail Records, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is currently riding high on the World Music ...

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Hecegovina, was considered by many people to be the heart of Yugoslavia before the region was split up into seven countries. People from all the nationalities of ex ...

« Le plus grand interprète du sevdah ? Safet Isović, sans aucun doute », répond le jeune gardien de la Maison du sevdah. « C'est la plus belle voix du sevdah qui ait jamais existé en ...

Named best European artist at last week’s Songlines awards, the Bosnian singer has weathered war and personal tragedy while bringing sevdah music to prominence Damir Imamović is pining for a curry.

Sevdah is the ancient, often pained and passionate music of Bosnia, but in the hands of its best-known exponents, the Mostar Sevdah Reunion, this Balkan answer to the blues is transformed and updated ...

Mostar Sevdah Reunion is musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka and gypsy music. The band is composed of experienced musicians and often ...

The Balkan region has arguably the richest and most unique range of folk musics in the whole of Europe; nowhere other than here can you hear musics, scales and rhythms from the near east (and far east ...