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The Legends of Life (Trade Roots Music)
15.99

Reviewed in RootsWorld:
Mostar Sevdah Reunion was born in 1993 in the flames of the Bosnian conflict. The sextet rose phoenix-like out of that conflagration to become one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most popular bands. With fine musicianship and well-crafted arrangements, they put a subtly modern blush on old Yugoslavian and Roma songs... The Legends of Life is a more pensive work with a prevalence of jazz ballads. It features the deep, world-wise voice of Ljiljana Buttler, the "Mother of Gypsy Soul." Buttler brings to mind the voice of Cesaria Evora, with its low range and casual phrasing. She does a slow, sultry take on the traditional favorite "Mala Garava (Dark-Skin Lass)." "Placem Vec' Tri Dana (Three Days Now I Have Been Weeping)" is a dark number with a bluesy guitar solo by Petrovic'. This is a more brooding side of MSR, and they prove to be sensitive accompanists to the soulful Buttler. - Peggy Latkovich

   

More info:
From the smoke filled kafanas (cafes) of the former Yugoslavia, longtime Gypsy music diva Ljiljana Buttler and legendary singer Saban Bajramovic join the preeminent band to emerge from the Balkans since the war, Mostar Sevdah Reunion. The soul stirring improvisatory virtuosity of these singers and the combination of Sevdah and Gypsy songs will move and comfort you. Accordion, clarinet, violin, trumpet and percussion envelop popular songs from the 1960s to warm lamenting Sevdalinkas first introduced to the region some 400 years ago under Ottoman rule. These are mature musicians with the astounding skill to maintain equilibrium between tradition and innovative interpretation.

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