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Boban Marković is the finest trumpeter in the Balkans, while his son, Marko, is another impressive brass player who has edged this celebrated Serbian Gypsy band away from traditional influences to a ...

Ah, gypsy music! The wild violins, the flamenco style guitar, the hammered strings of the cimbalom, the deep rumble of a double bass and the careening clarinet accompanying a tortured voice singing of ...

Balkan Brass Father/Son Duo at it Again: Digital Release: Oct. 2; Physical Release: Nov. 10 Clad in a suave white suit, it's not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban ...

Friday: 9 p.m., Altria Stage. Saturday: 4 p.m., Altria Stage and 8:15 p.m., Community Foundation Stage. Slavic Soul Party treated local audiences to a taste of Balkan brass music blended with a bit of ...

When Miles Davis went to the Guca Brass Band Festival, a central Serbian competition that draws over 300,000 people annually, he said "I didn't know you could play the trumpet that way." Trumpeter ...

The brass bands of the gypsy communities of eastern Europe provide some of the most rousing music on the planet, and this weekend two of the finest exponents of Balkan brass are in the UK for concerts ...

Boban Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Марковић) is a Serbian trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han. He is of Romani background. . Boban Marković Orchestra The Boban Marković ...

Since 1961, the small town of Guca in Central Serbia has been the venue for the annual "Festival of Brass Music", a competition to determine the best Brass musicians on Earth, attracting over 300.000 ...

A dozen years ago, if someone told me that one of the liveliest, most inventive party albums of the year would come from a band originally associated with wedding celebrations and beer festivals, I ...