Mostar Sevdah Reunion (….A jewel from a war-torn land- Andrew Cronshaw (FRoots)) -  have already put itself on the map of World Music with two outstanding recordings - one with Bosnian Sevdah songs and another with the most famous Gypsy singer in the world, Šaban Bajarmovic, a Gypsy legend.  Sevdah is a traditional style of Bosnian music that goes back some 300 years or more.  The name, from Arabic, means love, desire or ecstasy.  “Mostar is sevdah – the greatest poets of sevdah were born in Mostar,” says Dragi Šestic (the band’s producer) “it is deep within our town”. 

In 2000, Mostar Sevdah Reunion performed at the Amsterdam Roots Festival and Belgium’s Sfinks Festival and in 2001 in Stimmen-Lorach, Germany and the famous Nice Jazz Festival.  On that special evening entitled "Blues Around The World - B.B. King and Friends", Mostar Sevdah Reunion brought the Balkan Blues to the roots of American Blues in front of 50,000 people.  With lead vocalist Ilijaz Delic and remarkable instrumentalists Mustafa Šantic on accordion and clarinet, Nedjo Kovacevic on violin and guitar virtuoso Mišo Petrovic they performed alongside some of the greatest Blues artists: B.B.King, Van Morrison, Dr. John, Bill Wyman, Keb Mo, Marva Wright.

In 2003, Mostar Sevdah Reunion together with Ljiljana Buttler ,brought their special programme to the Barbican Center- London; The Newsgate- Newcastle; International Gypsy Festival- Tilburg/The Netherlands; International Jazz Festival Moers, Dusseldorf; World Music Festival Almeria/Spain; Sodra Teatern-Stockholm; World Music Festival Oslo ; Crossing Borders Festival-Den Haag/The Netherlands…. – standing ovations followed each performance. MSR is the one to represent the Balkans and their music.

“Live performances are not to be missed, its one helluva monster sevdah reunion!” (The Evening Standard , UK)

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