What an album this is! The mixing of Sevdah, one of Bosnia’s most melancholic and romantic forms of music, with free improvisation is not something I expected to work, but with the vocals of Croatian singer Vesna Pisarović, Noël Akchoté on guitars, Tony Buck (The Necks) on drums, Greg Cohen on bass and Axel Dörner on trumpet, my confidence grew. Think of Bosnian folk mixed with the Durutti Column and The Necks, and you might get a clearer idea of what to expect. A fascinating album.
Vesna Pisarović – Poravna
