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
Hrvatska tradicijska glazba • Croatian Traditional Music, Institute of
Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
http://www.ief.hr/en/cdizdanja/
Village Music of Yugoslavia: songs and dances from Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Croatia & Macedonia, Nonesuch Explorer Series
Links
Bosnian
Sevdalinka
http://balkanarama.com/serbia.htm
Tamburitza Online
POPULAR MUSIC
Bosnian music
Bijelo dugme
Ljiljana Butler and
Mostar Sevdah Reunion
"Singer Ljiljana Buttler, a one time star of the
Yugoslav
music scene... has an extraordinary, androgynous and confiding voice,
almost conversational,
but with a feline sense of tremendous power in reserve. " From a review
of "Queen of Gypsy Soul", Snail Records, by Kim Burton, published in Songlines.
Haris Džinović
Indexi
Mostar Sevdah Reunion
Plavi orkestar
Zabranjeno pušenje
About
Music in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian music
Azra
BP Convention
Arsen Dedić
Haustor
Josipa Lisac
Darko
Rundek and Cargo Orkestar
"
Darko Rundek,
although
he now has a solo career, used to be the singer with Haustor,
still
the best rock band to have come out of Croatia, and the crew of
musicians
that he has gathered around him perfectly suit his dark-tinged melodic
inventions, and grown-up sentiments." From a review of "Ruke", Piranha, by Kim Burton published in Songlines.
Prljavo kazalište
Severina
About Music in
Croatia
Serbian and Montenegrin music
Rambo Amadeus
Bajaga i instruktori
Đorđe Balašević
Zvonko
Bogdan
Boban
Marković
"...
Trumpeter
Boban Markovic has been
leading a brass band since he was in his teens... There
is plenty of heat here...
but there is also light, and stillness... It really is the best band
in the land..." From a review of "Live in Belgrade", Piranha, by Kim Burton published in Songlines.
Tozovac
Zdravko Čolić
About
Music in Serbia and Montenegro
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.
