Search - Divanhana :: Divanhana Live in Mostar - Sevdah Music from Bosnia and Herzegovina [Bonus DVD]

After their very successful album release, Zukva, on ARC Music in January 2016, Divanhana are back with a live album featuring their sold-out show in their homeland, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Divanhana performs traditional music in new arrangements created with influences from jazz, pop and twentieth century classical music. Divanhanas intention is to present the urban traditional music, not only from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but from the whole Balkan region, with a particular accent on Sevdalinka. Supple sevdah from young, gifted Sarajevans Divanhana are a young band but a very confident one They can play sevdah with the right mix of dynamic pace and epic melancholy (Songlines UK) Divanhanas sound is simultaneously rooted in the tradition and outward looking, their music dancing with breathtaking inventiveness. By turns romantic and upbeat, the sevdah music of Bosnia and Herzegovina is beautifully showcased from these hugely talented and inventive musicians. (R2, UK)