Ljiljana Buttler / BiH
3. 12. - Palác Akropolis, 19:30 / Respect Plus
"Ljiljana Buttler is one of the great re-discovered voices of Eastern Europe. Deep, dark and distinctive. Her recording with the Mostar Sevdah Reunion band, The Mother of Gypsy Soul (Snail Records) is one of my CDs of the year and impresses everyone I've played it to." -- Simon Broughton (Songlines)
She grew up earning her crust by singing in the cafés of Bijeljina, a small Bosnian town, before moving to Belgrade. There she became the doyenne of Skadalia, the old 'fun' quarter of the Serbian capital where men would drown their sorrow and their pain in slivovice , or 'plum brandy', and music. In 1987 she vanished from the Balkan music scene, and in 2002 she recorded a new album on the Connecting Cultures label. They call her the 'Gypsy Ella Fitzgerald' or the ' Billie Holiday of Gypsy Music', but in reality, she's the mother of gypsy soul.
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