CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In November 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released Martin Koenig’s documentation of Bulgarian folk music and culture as ‘Sound Portraits from ...

The story of the young Bosniak-Serb couple who were shot dead during the Bosnian war is famous across the former Yugoslavia. Now Bulgarian singer-songwriter YVA is bringing it to a different audience.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back on a collection of Communist-era Bulgarian folk ...

All roads lead to the Balkans, and Bulgarian-born, Brooklyn-based singer Vlada Tomova hears it. The region welcomed mysterious wanderers from Inner Asia; Greeks and Romans trading in the East; bands ...