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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 ...

Long revered as the greatest Balkan Gypsy brass orchestra, the Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra is led by Boban Markovic, judged the “best trumpet on Earth” at the legendary Guca festival in central ...

Boban Markovic and his son, prized protégé Marko, have managed the nigh-impossible: Leaping from a deeply rooted Roma (Gypsy) scene in Serbia, they have ignited hip club dancefloors, innovating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Widely considered the world’s best Balkan brass band, Boban and Marko Marković Orkestar is carrying on a tradition with origins in 19th-century Serbian military bands, and creating some of the most ...

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 ...