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	about sevdah
		Although it is reliably known that the Sevdah originated after the Turks came to medieval Bosnia, nobody has been able to determine exactly when this was.
		Sevdah performers could not have been ordinary musicians and singers therefore, as they were requested to feel the music they performed, in order to get listeners genuinely acquainted with the message each song was meant to convey.
		In the beginning, the Sevdah was restricted to a small audience, when it was performed in the houses of wealthy Muslim families.
	www.mostarsevdahreunion.com /Color/aboutsevdah.htm (0 words)

	SoundClick artist: mostar sevdah reunion - bosnian traditional music
		In an attempt to establish the meaning of the word Sevdah, people went back to the old age when the Arabic word "Sevdah" was used by physicians to describe fl gall, a substance which circulates through human organism that control feelings and emotions.
		Sevdah performers could not have been ordinary musicians and singers therefore, as they were requested to feel the music they performed, in order to get listeners genuinely acquainted with the message each song was meant to convey.
		When the Sevdah was first introduced, this music was performed by a singer with a popular and simple instrument (saz) only, so that the interpretation was always loose with and open to number of improvisations.
	www.soundclick.com /mostarsevdahreunion&ref=10 (623 words)

	Sevdalinka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The poems "Emina" and "Hasanagin sevdah" by Bosnian Serb poet Aleksa Šantić are used as the lyrics for two of the most famous sevdalinkas.
		The origins of sevdalinka are not known for certain, though it is known to date from sometime after the arrival of the Turks in medieval Bosnia.
		The word itself comes from the Arabic word sevdah (meaning ecstasy, desire or love), which at one point was used by doctors to describe fl gall, a substance purported to control human feelings and emotions [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sevdah (539 words)

	miaminewtimes.com - News
		These remarkable songs form the centerpiece of Mostar Sevdah Reunion, featuring an expanded version of Delic's ensemble, which apparently was in such a hurry to cut this disc, it didn't even bother to give itself a name.
		Sevdah musicians are considered a breed apart from other Bosnian players, and there is a mysterious intensity to almost every note that transforms love songs into a kind of Balkan qawwali and turns a piece about shoeing horses by moonlight ("Mujo Kuje Po Konje Mjesecu") into an esoteric tract whose emotional force denies common sense.
		Squarely in sevdah's corner is the belly-dance rhythm of the faster songs that speaks of Turkish origins, violin solos with the phrasings and fire of Balkan Gypsy songs, and an ornamented, quavering lushness to the vocals.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/2001-11-15/rotations.html (502 words)

	about msr
		Some might say that they live for Sevdah and that could be the only cause of their existence.
		To decode and to represent traditional music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdah is more than 400 years old, in a best light, was and still is difficult task to cope with.
		Since, the album CD "Mostar Sevdah Reunion" was recorded in Mostar, they did not stop fascinating the audience wherever they go.
	www.mostarsevdahreunion.com /Color/aboutmsr.htm (0 words)

	Mary Sherhart
		Originally, sevdah was sung with saz in homes, but moved into public venues like taverns, coffee houses, picnics (teferic), concerts and gatherings of friends (sijelo).
		Sevdah reached an even broader audience with the coming of recording, radio and television and is enjoying something of a renaissance today.
		The SNA website, currently being designed, will be a resource for information about sevdah, a place for communities to post photos and reports from their sevdah-related events, and be beautifully illustrated with historical lithographs from Svein Monnesland's gorgeous book 1001 Days and photos from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	www.marysherhart.com (0 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion & Ljiljana Buttler / cdRoots
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion was born in 1993 in the flames of the Bosnian conflict.
		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.
	www.cdroots.com /trd-mostar2.html (404 words)

	CultureWorks - Sabina Schebrak - Ljiljana Buttler & Mostar Sevdah Reunion
		A foolhardy enterprise which in the beginning raised suspicion rather than interest, but the band soon proved that their music was of durable validity: Mostar Sevdah Reunion possesses an overwhelmig force which makes it literally impossible to remain seated at their concerts – during the fast dance tunes as well as during the rhapsodical ballads.
		Sevdah is derived from Sevdalinke, the Bosnian blues recited in Iljaz Delic’ matchless vibrato.
		Liljana Buttler, the charismatic diva with the dark voice, had fled to Germany and met her old friend Delic only 20 years later for this common project: the reckless guys with the "mother of gypsy soul".
	www.cultureworks.at /en/artists/msr.html (252 words)

	LJILJANA PETROVIC BUTTLER & MOSTAR SEVDAH REUNION
		But Mostar Sevdah Reunion, the group that symbolises the artistic and the ethnic values of Bosnia more than any other, is intending to celebrate it.
		Sevdah is a traditional style of Bosnian music that goes back some 300 years or more.
		And the instumental backing by Mostar Sevdah Reunion and legendary trumpet virtuoso Boban Markovic is inspired: the musicians spoon out the notes with a tangilble, almost erotic, delicacy while Ljiljana sails above them, her voice caressing the listener.
	www.musicballkan.com /ljiljana_petrovic_buttler_&_mostar_sevdah_reunion1.htm (1578 words)

	Bosnian Institute Events
		The remarkable story of Mostar Sevdah Reunion is one of human harmony in the midst of human conflict.
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion are leading exponents of a musical tradition that holds a special place in the cultural heritage of Bosnia.
		Sevdah music, brought to medieval Bosnia by the Turks, has a vivid and exciting edge that is filled with love and ecstasy.
	www.bosnia.org.uk /events/events_body.cfm?eventsID=127 (204 words)

	msr
		Some might say that they live for Sevdah and that could be the only cause of their existence.
		To decode and to represent traditional music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdah is more than 400 years old, in a best light, was and still is difficult task to cope with.
		Since, the album CD "Mostar Sevdah Reunion" was recorded in Mostar, they did not stop fascinating the audience wherever they go.
	snailrecords.com /Schaal/msr.html (322 words)

	msr
		Some might say that they live for Sevdah and that could be the only cause of their existence.
		To decode and to represent traditional music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdah is more than 400 years old, in a best light, was and still is difficult task to cope with.
		Since, the album CD "Mostar Sevdah Reunion" was recorded in Mostar, they did not stop fascinating the audience wherever they go.
	www.snailrecords.com /Schaal/msr.html (322 words)

	Sevdalinke
		In essence, our sevdah is both, the passionate and painful longing for love, as well as the melancholic and sweet one, the feeling when you are incapable of enduring the pain caused by love, and the pain transforms into the ecstasy of the intoxication of love that compares to the slow process of dying.
		Sevdah expresses itself as torture by others and oneself, and the pleasure of whipping deriving from the identification with the yearning and masochistic experience of love despite the awareness of its futility.” (Muhsin Rizvić, Literary Historian)
		Sevdah is not just a word – it is rather an imaginative ambience of beauty, in whose immense expanse, souls feel, find grains of joy, thus forming a mosaic and making their lives beautiful.
	www.sevdalinke.com /english.php (1485 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mostar Sevdah heeft nogal wat talent in de groep zitten en het is dus ook niet verwonderlijk dat er een vergelijking wordt gemaakt met de Buena Vista Social Club (John Lusk, Froots Magazine, November 2003 UK).
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion is een geraffineerde groep muzikanten die dezelfde passie delen.
		Het ontleden en opnieuw presenteren van Sevdah, de traditionele muziek uit Bosnië en Herzegovina is geen eenvoudige opgave, gezien het feit dat Sevdah al meer dan 400 jaar oud is. Ondanks alle obstakels heeft MSR niet opgegeven.
	www.earthbeat.nl /artiesten/mostar_sevdah_reunion.html (255 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion is musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka and gypsy music.
		The band is composed of experienced musicians and often collaborates with renowned musicians in the field of gypsy music: they made an album with Šaban Bajramović and two albums with Ljiljana Buttler.
		Sevdah the Bridge that Survived - by Mira Erdevički 2005
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mostar_Sevdah_Reunion (258 words)

	Mostar is Born
		These remarkable songs form the centerpiece of Mostar Sevdah Reunion (Times Square Records), featuring an expanded version of Delic's ensemble which was apparently in such a hurry to cut this disc, it didn't even bother to give itself a name.
		Sevdah musicians are considered a breed apart from other Bosnian players, and there is a mysterious intensity to almost every note that transforms love songs into a kind of Balkan qawwali and turns a piece about shoeing horses by moonlight ("Mujo Kuje Konje Mjescu") into an esoteric tract whose emotional force denies common sense.
		Squarely in sevdah's corner is the bellydance rhythm of the faster songs that speaks of Turkish origins, violin solos with the phrasings and fire of Balkan gypsy songs, and an ornamented, quavering lushness to the vocals.
	www.technobeat.com /COLUMNS/MOSTAR.html (3172 words)

	Mary Sherhart
		Sevdah Institute in Visoko, I thought I was going to take lessons with various singers over the month of July, study the language in my room every day like a good student and do some sight seeing.
		Sevdah is not particularly popular in Bosnia, though everyone seems to love it.
		To some ears, Mostar Sevdah Reunion is revitalizing sevdah through their approach or evolution, by bringing in Roma and jazz influences.
	www.marysherhart.com /2005bosniatrip.html (2493 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion Information
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion is musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka and gypsy music.
		The band is composed of experienced musicians and often collaborates with renowned musicians in the field of gypsy music: they made an album with Šaban Bajramović and two albums with Ljiljana Buttler.
		Sevdah the Bridge that Survived - by Mira Erdevički 2005
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mostar_Sevdah_Reunion (172 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion / RootsWorld Recording Review
		The most famous music from an Islamic tradition within the former Yugoslavia may be the oral poetry of the guslar, which Albert B. Lord in his "Singer of Tales" argued came from a way of preserving memories prior to writing.
		The music was quite loosely structured around the song; this still shows itself in the contemporary sevdah, which is most often a group effort, with the main accompanying instrument being the accordion.
		Sevdah can be sung either with or without an underlying rhythm, and on this CD, about half are without a fixed rhythm.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/mostar.shtml (522 words)

	YouTube - bosna sevdah
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Cudna jada od Mostara grada
		Ensemble Sevdah of Seattle at Turkfest 2005 (1)
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Snijeg pade na behar na voce
	www.youtube.com /?v=ig5KMlGV8cY (0 words)

	London sevdah - Promoting sevdah around the world
		All the members of London Sevdah gave their best effort in order to make this 1 hour long performance as good as possible.
		During this concert, London Sevdah was strenghtened by musical help from Mr Narendra Kotiyan, who this time round played percussion and flute during all the songs on the repertoire.
		The evening\'s performance ended on an excellent note with audience requesting another two songs from London Sevdah to be performed and overall atmosphere being very positive, electrified and exciting.
	www.londonsevdah.com /english/news.php?id=40 (0 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Artist Detail Information
		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.
		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.
		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….
	www.eyefortalent.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/artist.detail/artist_id/96 (347 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion at CSPS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sevdah is a traditional style of Bosnian music, comparable to American blues, but one that goes back some 300 years.
		“Mostar is sevdah, and the the greatest poets of sevdah were born in Mostar,” says Dragi estic, the band's producer.
		Indeed, Mostar Sevdah Reunion comprises some of Bosnia's most accomplished musicians, including lead vocalist Ilijaz Delic, instrumentalist Mustafa antic on accordion and clarinet, Nedjo Kovacevic on violin, and virtuoso Mio Petrovic on guitar.
	www.legionarts.org /music/Mostar.htm (292 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion 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, aban Bajarmovic, a Gypsy legend.
		The idea of forming "Mostar Sevdah Reunion" started in the summer of 1993, during the worst war destruction of Mostar [Mostar is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation].
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion received a special award for bringing the traditional Bosnian music to the rest of the world.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=2961 (1095 words)

	World Connecion - Artist info
		The idea of initiating "Mostar Sevdah Reunion", was born during the most severe war in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
		The idea of forming "Mostar Sevdah Reunion" started in the summer of 1993, during the worst war destruction of Mostar.
		After their performance of sevdah, the fundamental basis of the future band was clear - the fantastic vocal of Ilijaz Delic and the virtuosity of Mustafa Santic.
	www.worldconnection.nl /docs/artists/mostar_sevdah.htm (700 words)

	Press Releases: 23 2006 10: Mostar Sevdah Reunion New Releases - The Muse's Muse (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sometimes called the “blues of the Balkans” Sevdalinka (Sevdah) is an urban musical genre first introduced to Bosnia during Ottoman times.
		The poetry of Sevdah is rich in symbolism, uniquely local and universal at once.
		This new recording is a combination of Bosnian Sevdah and gypsy songs that are soul stirring and improvisatory.
	musesmuse.com /cgi-bin/pressreleases/pressreleases.cgi?release=20061023.1161627314.221 (600 words)

	review
		Her recording with the Mostar Sevdah Reunion band, "The Mother of Gypsy Soul (Snail Records) is one of my CDs of the year and impresses everyone I've played in to.
		And the instumental backing by Mostar Sevdah Reunion and legendary trumpet virtuoso Boban Markovic is inspired: the musicians spoon out the notes with a tangilble, almost erotic, delicacy while Ljiljana sails above them, her voice caressing the listener.
		Gypsy Cosmic blues, 5***...Mother of Gypsy soul is simply one more perfect album with signature of Mostar Sevdah** Reunion and the best CD released by Ljiljana.
	www.mostarsevdahreunion.com /Color/review.htm (0 words)

	Mostar Sevdah Reunion - A Secret Gate CD / cdRoots
		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.
	www.cdroots.com /trd-mostar1.html (440 words)

	Trade Root Music Group - Artists
		Mostar Sevdah Reunion is an exquisite group of artists who share a passion for a traditional Bosnian genre called “Sevdah” which is more than 400 years old.
		Some might say that these musicians live for Sevdah and that the only reason their existence is to decode and represent traditional music from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
		Those were tumultuous times of war in the Balkans and for MSR the main reason to record was to getaway and try to forget, for a one single moment, the surrounding atrocities and suffering.
	www.traderootmusic.com /artists.html (894 words)

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