The purpose of this list is to provide students of the languages and cultures of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia with some names to start with. Explore until you find music you like. You'll be pleased to see how much it will help you pick up the sound and rhythm of the language if you learn a few songs by heart.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Recordings

Bosnia: Echoes from an Endangered World, Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.answers.com/topic/bosnia-echoes-from-an-endangered-world

Tamburica online magazine
http://www.tambura.com.hr/

Links
Bosnian Sevdalinka
http://balkanarama.com/serbia.htm


POPULAR MUSIC

Bosnian music
Bijelo dugme
Haris Džinović
Indexi
Mostar Sevdah Reunion
Plavi Orkestar
About Music in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian music
Azra
Oliver Dragojević
Gibonni
Haustor
Hladno Pivo
Josipa Lisac
Darko Rundek and Cargo Orkestar
Parni Valjak
Prljavo Kazalište
Severina
About Music in Croatia

Montenegrin music
Lepa Brena
Sako Polumenta
Boban Rajovic
About Music_in_Montenegro

Serbian music
Rambo Amadeus
Bajaga i instruktori
Djordje Balasevic
Zvonko Bogdan
Zdravko Čolić
Disciplina Kitschme
Ekatarina Velika
Jelena Karleusa
Boban Marković
Tozovac
Music_of_Serbia


Books on Music

• Colin, Matthew , This is Serbia Calling: Rock 'n Roll Radio and Belgrade's Underground Resistance (second, expanded edition), Serpent's Tail, London, 2001.
• Ramet, Sabrina, Rocking the State: Rock Music and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1994.