A new Amira Medunjanin album will be released April 14, on Gramofon.
The album Amira Live! is a recording of a concert at BKC that took place November 2008 at the Sarajevo Jazz Fest, as a part of the Next Generation program. Her backing band consisted of Dino Sukalo (guitar), Kim Burton (piano, accordion), Edvin Hadzic (double bass and vocal), and Amar Cesljar (drums).
The concert was recorded by Dorian Jovanovic and Bosko Mangarovski, while Eric Bajramovic did an HD recording. The recordings were mixed by Dino Sukalo at BedRoom studio, Sarajevo, and mastered at Bauer Studio in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The album producer was Edin Zubčević, while Ajna Zlatar made a cover design.
Amira’s Jazz Fest concert was her first Sarajevo live performance. It was well received by media and critics as well as the audience. She is again to perform April 10, at Xenophonia Music Happening, this time in a duo setting with pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic.
There are eight traditional Balkan songs on Amira Live!. One of the songs, Stade se cvijeće rosom kititi, can be sampled at Sarajevo-X.com.