‘Sevdalinka’, the traditional body of songs that poetically describe life and love in Bosnia, is shaken up in a new CD that mixes Bosnian singers with musicians of many different countries.

Sevdalinka is a traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across the ex-Yugoslavia region, including ...

SARAJEVO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Every Friday, folk musician Enes Salman performs the Sevdalinka, an ancient form of love song from Bosnia and Herzegovina that this month was included in UNESCO's National ...

Sevdalinka is a form of traditional urban singing that is practised in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It originated as the result of a long process of acculturation that occurred when the traditional oral ...

Celebrated Sevdah musician Damir Imamovic talks about past and future of a Balkan musical genre that is in danger of disappearing. Damir Imamovic says sevdalinka is a musical genre that surpasses ...

Officials in Bosnia-Herzegovina are campaigning to have sevdalinka, a traditional genre of folk music, added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage by the end of this year. Musicians and ...

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Death runs in the family.

A longtime member of the choir "Sevdalinka" Mrs Snežana Barošević talks about what it means to be in a choir that has existed for three decades, how they manage after the premature departure of the ...

In a rare public intervention, Bosnia’s Grand Mufti has urged tolerance of diversity after a Sarajevo imam insulted queer sevdalinka singer Bozo Vreco, reigniting debate over personal freedom and ...

Every Friday, folk musician Enes Salman performs the Sevdalinka, an ancient form of love song from Bosnia and Herzegovina that this month was included in Unesco's National Inventory of Intangible ...