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Mostar Sevdah ReunionA Secret Gate (Trade Roots Music) 15.99
Reviewed in RootsWorld:
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More info: Out of the Balkan's tumultuous years of war and political turmoil comes a band of authentic energy and tradition. Sometimes called the "blues of the Balkans," Sevdalinka (Sevdah) is an urban musicial genre first introduced to Bosnia during Ottoman times and has now been reinvented by these formative ambassadors. On this recording released for the first time in North America, one can hear aspects of dervish chant and local kolos (circle dance) within the funky driving rhythms, gentle solos, and longing lyrics that evoke comparisons with Cesaria Evor's Cape Verdean mourna. Virtuosic and startling, these performances call upon their celebration of life, as if to rejoice in their individual and collective victory over a deeply mournful past.
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