#2434: Music of Former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia, which is now Serbia and Montenegro, was a former kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and encompassed a sprawling region that included the former republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia-Slavonia, Macedonia, and the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina, along with Dalmatia. But for this New Sounds, after the quick geography refresher course of the Balkan states, there’s an hour of music from former Yugoslavia and former Yugoslavians. Listen to the music of sometime cult rock star and soundtrack composer Goran Bregovic whose current work has mixed traditional music of the Balkans, tango and brass bands. Also, there’s new music based on near and far eastern folk melodies with clarinet, guitar, and possibly even accordion from the Milan Milosevic Trio. Plus, listen to works from composer and guitarist Dusan Bogdanovic.

PROGRAM # 2434, Musicians from the former Yugoslavia (First aired on Wed. 7/6/05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Various artists	Bismillah	Bosnian Radio – Television Symphony Orchestra: Call To Prayer [1:30]	Sounds True #339 www.soundstrue.com
Tatjana Kukoc	Electric Counterpoint	Mummychogs: Part 3 [2:00]	Edition Al Segno #2009 www.artelier-media.de info@atelier-media.de
Milan Milosevic	Pearls & Yarn	A Girl’s Dance [6:00]	Summit #415 www.summitrecords.com
Dusan Bogdanovic	Keys To Talk By	Trio for 2 prepared guitars and percussion [13:00]	M + A #019 www.marecordings.com More info at www.dusanbogdanovic.com
Goran Bregovic	Underground (Soundtrack)	War [6:30]	Mercury #528910 may be available as an import* Also, try Amazon.com
Kronos Quartet	Caravan	Aleksandra Vrebalov: Paranoia Boundless [6:00]	Nonesuch #79490** www.nonesuch.com *
Milos Raickovich	Private recording	B-A-G-D-A-D [7:00]	Info at raickovich@aol.com
Milan Milosevic Trio	Pearls & Yarn	Stormy Vlaina, excerpt [1:30]	See above.