Emina Zecaj, the first lady of Bosnian sevdalinka, is to release a new album by the end of the month. Her previous album was released in 2003 and contained songs she performed with a Sarajevo saz player Mehmed Gribajcevic. As with her previous release, the new album will also appear on Gramofon label and will … Continued
Gramofon has scheduled a new Emina Zecaj album for August. Many European magazines have written about this great artist and preserver of Bosnian tradition. British magazine Billboard calls her an icon of Bosnian traditional music, German Jazzthetik emphasizes her clear and articulate voice, and Croatian Feral Tribune wrote about her latest album: “You would be … Continued
A new Underground album featuring Dejan Terzic, Mark Helias, Chris Speed and Frank Moebus can be downloaded from finetunes. The album Continuum is a continuation of a partnership between these extraordinary musicians, and it contains Dejan Terzic’s original compositions and one traditional song. Finetunes offers complete albums or individual tracks from Gramofon catalog for download … Continued
A couple of days ago Zoster completed shooting its new video for the song “Rio i Pariz.” After the song “Ko je jamio, jamio,” this will be the second video taken from their latest album “Festival budala.” Footage made during a concert that took place two years ago was used in the video. The video … Continued
Zoster’s gigs scheduled for February in Serbia have been cancelled. According to the band members the gigs that were scheduled to take place in Zrenjanin and Belgrade on February 25 and 26 have been cancelled due to worsened security conditions in Serbia. The concert promoters announced that Zoster would play these two gigs in May.
The second Underground album titled Continuum is scheduled for release in early March. Underground project represents a musical adventure of Dejan Terzic and his extraordinary musicians, Chris Speed on saxophones, Mark Helias on double bass, and Frank Moebus on guitars. The fact that heir first album was based around rearranged traditional songs and a few … Continued
Mostar-based Zoster will soon play two concerts in Serbia: February 25, in Zrenjanin, and the following day in Belgrade, which will be their first concerts in our eastern neighborhood. "We hope to present our work in the best possible way”, said Mario Knezovic and added that Zoster’s music has being played on local radio stations … Continued
Sanal Redzic, a young guitarist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, won first place at the Guitar Fest that has just finished in Banja Luka. This international competition that has been going on for two years now gathered more than sixty guitarists in Banja Luka, between November 8 and 11. Sanel won first place in the under … Continued
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After they had become available for download at the Finetunes in August, as of last week Gramofon releases are available for download at the iTunes, the biggest online distributor of the independent production. iTunes is the biggest online music distributor and was formed by Apple in 2003. Throughout their network all the releases from the … Continued