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Balkan music is a type of music found in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The music is characterised by complex rhythm. The music is characterised by complex rhythm. Famous bands in Balkan music include Taraf de Haïdouks , Fanfare Ciocărlia , and No Smoking Orchestra .
Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Croatia (yellow) joined the EU in 2013. The Western Balkans is a political neologism coined to refer to Albania and the territory of the former Yugoslavia, except Slovenia, since the early 1990s.
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.
It consists of up to 20 different categories, which are based on public votes, and other special awards, whose winners are determined by the organizers. MAC is recognized as one of the highest profile music awards ceremony in the western Balkans. [2] [3] Music Awards Ceremony has received international critical acclaim. [4]
Albanian culture or the culture of Albanians (Albanian: kultura shqiptare [kultuˈɾa ʃcipˈtaɾɛ]) is a term that embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, musical, political and social elements that are representative of ethnic Albanians, which implies not just Albanians of the country of Albania but also Albanians of Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro, where ethnic Albanians are a ...
Popular music dominates the Kosovan music market, although classical music and folk music remain vibrant. Kosovan musicians have reconstructed traditions that were suppressed while the country was under Yugoslav rule. Mainstream music in Kosovo is based on Western trends, and popular genres include pop, rock, hip hop, [1] electronic, and jazz.
Punk music in Sarajevo was also influenced by major punk bands of the time, such as the Sex Pistols. Influenced by Bob Dylan, Kemal Monteno helped popularize folk rock. Goran Bregović was a renowned songwriter and brought his band, Bijelo Dugme, to popular acclaim across Central Europe.
The music of the Balkans is known for complex rhythms. Macedonian music exemplifies this trait. Folk songs like "Pomnish li, libe Todoro" (Помниш ли, либе Тодоро) can have rhythms as complex as 22/16, divided by stanza to 2+2+3+2+2+3+2+2+2+2, a combination of the two common meters 11=2+2+3+2+2 and 11=3+2+2+2+2 (sheet music).