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poonam pari's avatar

This was an excellent review… it’s wonderful that you’ve highlighted the connection between the former Yugoslavia and Mexico so clearly! Thanks for this!

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Nathaniel Morris's avatar

Ah I love it when someone else bridges the gap between two of my great loves - Mexico and the former Yu! It's something that in my alter ego as a travel writer and record collector I've spent a fair bit of time on myself - culminating a decade or so ago in putting together an album of rediscovered, remastered classics of Yugoslav Roma music from the 60s and 70s, including track #2 on the album, 'Kada Zvona Zvone,' a Romariachi masterpiece by the King himself, Saban Bajramovic - check out those horns!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGX2qUgJpow&ab_channel=%C5%A0abanBajramovi%C4%87-Topic

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Nathaniel Morris's avatar

Link to the full album here on spotify in case anyone's interested in giving the whole thing a spin https://open.spotify.com/album/0YVYufoV2yJw8gTVp5LbC7

There might even be a few of our deluxe 180 gram double-vinyl editions of the album floating out there on discogs, too...

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