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Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brass bands and čoček, Bulgarian women's choirs and asymmetrical dance metres, Bosnian sevdalinka, Albanian iso-polyphony, Serbian gusle epics.
Sung and searched in Bosnian. The YouTube button above can run your search in that language.
A brief history
History
During its period as a part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina was covered in state-supported amateur musical ensembles called Cultural-Artistic Societies (Kulturno-Umjetnička Društva, KUDs) which played Bosnian root music and released a few recordings on local labels.
Popular music
Modern folk
"Modern" folk was referred to as "novokomponovana narodna muzika" ("newly composed folk music") for a while, although the term went out of use in favor of simply "narodna" or "folk". It is based on various influences, sevdah stories with music of Serbia and/or Turkey often with incorporated elements of pop music. During the time of Yugoslavia, the genre developed jointly in Bosnia and Serbia, and performers from both sides of today's borders still enjoy certain popularity on the other side.
Halid Bešlić Šerif Konjević Selma Bajrami Amir Rešić Nino Enes Begović Halid Muslimović Haris Džinović Donna Ares Kemal Malovčić Šemsa Suljaković
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Radio from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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