FILE - In this July 20, 2006 file photo, Esma Redzepova, a Gypsy from Macedonia, performs on the Dome stage during the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Redzepova, called the "Queen of Gypsy music, ...

Appreciation of folk music has been a distinguishing feature of the Macedonian culture, and thanks to selfless efforts of one dedicated blogger it spreads through the blogosphere, too. As part of the ...

At the International Folklore Conference organized by the International Folklore Committee in Istanbul, Turkey, 1977, on the subject of “Folklore on the Radio” was Dushko Dimitrovski, Editor of the ...

Born in Yugoslavia, Miroslav Tadić is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, composer, improviser, and educator residing in California, USA. Artist extraordinaire, Tadić never stops pushing the ...

Few places in the world can match the degree of overlap between folk and popular musics that persists in Greece. In the region of Epirus, in the northwest, the tart clarinet sound of the local ...

WESTMINSTER WEST -- A concert of traditional Macedonian folk music will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the Westminster West Church. Renowned accordionist Goran Alachki and his wife, ...

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: Vienna, 6 June 2005 The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), ...

Television and radio stations in Macedonia have been forced to stop playing tracks by the country's musicians because of a dispute over copyright, it's reported. The ...

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SKOPJE, Macedonia — Esma Redzepova, one of the most powerful voices in the world of Gypsy music, has died in Macedonia's capital after a brief illness, according to local media. She was 73. Called the ...