Inspector Gadje performs with Ismail Lumanovski at a Kafana Balkan party at the Rickshaw Stop. The 18th annual edition takes place Saturday, March 8, 2025. Credit: John Nilsen At first glance, the ...

A map of last December's YouTube hits shows that music fans in several Balkan countries still prefer their local bands to top international songs – though audiences in Croatia, Macedonia and Romania ...

Balkan, jazz, folk and experimental wind music is blowing this way as the Windcraft Music Fest returns to Katydata village on July 24-26. The quiet Nicosia district village will come alive with ...

"There is a continental European phenomenon. When the Berlin Wall came down, such a big cultural influence came to Western Europe. When you travel from Frankfurt to Vienna, then to Bucharest, which is ...

The Bosnia-born DJ now rocking the music scene in Berlin and beyond pays tribute to the Gypsy sounds - and Balkan ‘broken hearts’ - that inspire him. Robert Soko. Photo: Balkan Beats Robert Soko, a 46 ...

World-music DJ Betto Arcos returns to weekends on All Things Considered to share the music he's been playing on Global Village, the show he hosts on KPFK in Los Angeles. This week, Arcos brings four ...

Ori Kaplan, frontman for Tel Aviv-based melting-pot collective Balkan Beat Box, recognizes that Jason Derulo -- whose massive 2014 hit "Talk Dirty" was driven by a sampled horn groove from the band's… ...

It has the air of a boxing match with a rowdy and expectant crowd. On the left, one trumpeter appears, on the right, another. They eye each other up and as you are distracted by the musical phrases ...

These two absorbing musical features take quite different paths in exploring the compelling sounds of the Balkans. With Australian singer and choir leader Mara Kiek we'll delve into the beauty and ...

The composer of Three Letters to Sarajevo discusses religious and Gypsy inspirations, the power of communist rock – and why he’d like to move to Manchester Goran Bregović sits in a French hotel lobby ...

Clarinet virtuoso Ismail Lumanovski has already broken new ground several times in his short career. Best known as the driving force behind the New York Gypsy All Stars, he’s the first Roma reed ...