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Serbia government says US fugitive case is secret
The Associated Press A daily newspaper reported last week that the government has offered to pay $900000 in compensation to Steinhauer, triggering outrage in the impoverished Balkan republic. The "Borba" daily said in its report that the compensation would pave the way for … |
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To Russia, With Hate
Antiwar.com, CA Then there was the little matter of the Balkan war, in which the US attacked the former Yugoslavia, without a UN mandate, killing 5000 civilians and installing the Kosovo Liberation Army in power in Kosovo, which has since been ethnically cleansed of … |
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Music review: Contemporary Players vivacious
San Francisco Chronicle, USA So Hyla leads his listeners on a discombobulated tour of a strange but eerily familiar musical landscape, racing distractedly from percussion-driven dance episodes to Balkan-sounding drones to cheesy pop songs. The one constant refrain is a chordal … |
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Turkey's song and dance over Eurovision
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong A study published by Derek Gatherer at the University of Surrey in 2006 found several collusive voting blocs, the two largest were the "Viking Empire" (Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania) and the "Balkan Bloc" … |
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Swirl of color, music
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA “I’m amazed how college students could put on such a performance, not being from the Balkan countries,” Steve Michissin said. Helen Varenda, of West Hazleton, said during intermission she was looking forward to “Szla Dzieweczka,” a Polish number … |
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Portland's Vagabond Opera brings theatricality and music to the …
New Times SLO, CA The music changed along the way, initially rooted in opera and klezmer music before a Balkan influence began to emerge. It took awhile, but Stern realized that he wanted to explore a more diverse array of music. The company’s theatrical antics, … Vagabond Opera returns to Estacada Friday |
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Art in Paradise: The Other Awards Show
Valley Advocate, MA … fine group Klezamir and two Balkan groups, XOPO and Druzina. That is unusual, worthy stuff (just try playing klezmer on bass or anything else if you scoff), and Blumenthal, as Downtown Sounds owner as well, is certainly a part of the music scene. … |
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Petr Cancura’s PeopleMusic
VUE Weekly, Canada - “I think that what we try to do is, if this is a Balkan song, say, here is the scale. Why don’t we try to play the melody over and over and just try and … |
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Balkan Beat Box: Remix Album
JamBase, CA - Balkan Beat Box's first remix album, Nu Made, will be released nationwide by JDub Records on CD and vinyl on April 7, 2009. Nu Made includes a previously … |
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Album review: Beirut
NME.com, UK - Zach Condon first fell in love with Balkan folk music, which dominated the first Beirut album, on a four-month trip to Paris at the age of 17. … |
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