Music / folkemusik

Dvojka


Reviews (1)


fRoots

2016 May

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John Pheby

2016 May

"Damir Imamovi´c has always taken exception to the codifying of his beloved sevdah (following the "golde age" of sevdah, half a century ago) and the consequent arbitrary limiting of musical possibilities, and imposition of a nationalist sheen ... So this is an international sevdah album in its base notes and grace notes and lyrical thinking. It mines a collection of songs centuries-lost in a German library, revives songs collected in Bosnia between the two World Wars, and composes anew, accompanied by solid black bass tones. "Is it day yet?" Imamovi´c asks, in conclusion. "No," he answers".