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Bosnia & Herzegovina: Sevdah Music in London

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 @ 06:21 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Bosnia Herzegovina, United Kingdom
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Diaspora, History, Music, Entertainment

East Ethnia links to the London-based fans of traditional Bosnian music: “Turbo folk, in my opinion, has killed the real values of our region. One of those values is Sevdah music (in its original shape and form). This is why I am putting my best efforts into resurrecting this and promoting it around London and the rest of the world as much as possible.”

1 comment

Mirza

Hi people,

I would like you to come and visit the blog which I maintain on the project I lead called London Sevdah. The blog URL is http://www.londonsevdah.blogspot.com .

All impressions, thoughts and ideas are welcome and encouraged.

Thanks,

Mirza

# 2006-12-2 at 19:55 pm

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