Music of Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro is a Balkan country, recently ravaged by war that has caused widespread migration and cultural oppression. Indigenous folk music (narodna muzika) remains popular, both traditional tunes and more modern compositions. The most modernized form of folk music is novokomponovana narodna muzika, which is a best-selling genre throughout Serbia and Montenegro.

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Serbia and Montenegro - Balkan - Folk music - Narodna muzika - Novokomponovana narodna muzika - Serbia - Montenegro

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Novokomponovana can be seen as a result of the urbanization of folk music. In its early times, it had a professional approach to performance, uses accordion and clarinet and typically includes love songs or other simple lyrics (though there have long been royalist, anti-Communist and democratic lyrical themes persisting underground). Many of the genre's best performers also play Bosnian sevdalinka music or other forms imported from even further abroad. These include ?aban ?auli?, Toma Zdravković, Predrag Gojković Cune, Miroslav Ilić and Lepa Lukić. At a later stage, the popular performers such as Vesna Zmijanac, Lepa Brena, Dragana Mirković were using more influences from pop music, oriental music, and other genres, which ultimatively led to explosion of turbo-folk.

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Accordion - Clarinet - Bosnia - Sevdalinka - ?aban ?auli? - Toma Zdravković - Predrag Gojković Cune - Miroslav Ilić - Lepa Lukić - Vesna Zmijanac - Lepa Brena - Dragana Mirković - Pop music

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The era of turbo-folk took place during the war and crisis of 1990s. Turbo-folk used Serbian folk and novokomponovana as the basis, and adding influences from rock and roll, soul, house and garage. Turbo-folk is aggressive and swift, and includes popular performers like Sneki, Nino, Jelena Karleusa and Dragana, though the most well-known is probably Ceca, widow of ?eljko Ra?natovi?. Turbo-folk is mostly used as a derrogatory term as the music and its protagonists celebrate kemp, hedonism, and even gangster way of living ("Koka-kola, Marlboro, Suzuki" is one of (in)famous popular song titles of the time). Some musicians used their music to protest against Milo?evi? during the 1990s, such as the Rimtutituki project, while others were seen as having used music and cultural expression to incite extremist nationalist fervor.

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Turbo-folk - 1990s - Rock and roll - Soul - House - Garage - Sneki - Nino - Jelena Karleusa - Dragana - Ceca - ?eljko Ra?natovi? - Milo?evi? - Rimtutituki

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There are many rock bands that exist since 1970s and 1980s. The first formidable Yugoslav rock bands were Smak, Time, YU-Grupa and Korni-Grupa. The "Golden age" of Yugoslav rock music occurred during 1980s when Belgrade's New Wave music bands, such as Idoli, ?arlo Akrobata and Električni orgazam, Disciplina Kičme, Ekatarina Velika and Partibrejkers, drew new frontiers in musical expression. Their music is listened to mainly by the young urban population. Today, the most famous mainstream performers include Riblja Corba, Bajaga i Instruktori and Van Gogh, while Rambo Amadeus and Darkwood Dub are the most prominent musicians in "alternative" scene.

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1970s - 1980s - Smak - Time - YU-Grupa - Korni-Grupa - Belgrade - New Wave music - Idoli - ?arlo Akrobata - Električni orgazam - Disciplina Kičme - Ekatarina Velika - Partibrejkers - Riblja Corba - Bajaga i Instruktori - Van Gogh - Rambo Amadeus - Darkwood Dub - "alternative"

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Pop music has been catching up with the popularity of folk in recent years. Newer artists that perform this kind of music include: Vlado Georgijev, Negative, Madame Piano, Orthodox Celts, Ana Stanić, Night Shift, and ?eljko Joksimović who was runner-up in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 , along with old stars Đorđe Bala?ević and Zdravko Čolić.

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Vlado Georgijev - Negative - Madame Piano - Orthodox Celts - Ana Stanić - Night Shift - ?eljko Joksimović - Eurovision Song Contest 2004 - Đorđe Bala?ević - Zdravko Čolić

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There are also numerous hip-hop bands and artists, mostly from Belgrade but other cities as well: GRU, 187, C-Ya, Beogradski Sindikat.

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GRU - 187 - C-Ya - Beogradski Sindikat

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Brass bands are extremely popular, especially in southern and central Serbia. This tradition is now dominated by Gypsy musicians who achieve sometimes great popularity; Fejat Sejdić, Bakija Bakić and Boban Marković are the biggest names in modern brass band bandleaders.

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Brass band - Gypsy - Fejat Sejdić - Bakija Bakić - Boban Marković

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