Sevdalinka, often called the "Balkan Blues," is a poignant musical genre blending South Slavic oral poetry with Ottoman ...

Folk music lovers throughout the former Yugoslavia are mourning the death of Bosnian singer Halid Beslic, whose songs became standards at parties, weddings and taverns across the region. Halid Beslic.

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 ...

SARAJEVO, June 20 (Reuters Life!) - British composer Nigel Osborne says the traditional Bosnian Oriental-rooted 'sevdah' music which inspired his new opera can offer Europe a key to a better ...