"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Now that the smartly programmed but poorly produced Chicago Jazz Festival has come to an end, listeners can check out a soiree of a very different — and far superior — kind. For the World Music ...

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 ...

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 ...

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