Global Notes: Balkan music superstar Goran Bregovic

Global Notes: Balkan music superstar Goran Bregovic
Goran was born in Sarajevo to a Serbian mother and Croatian father. Courtesy of Goran Bregovic
Global Notes: Balkan music superstar Goran Bregovic
Goran was born in Sarajevo to a Serbian mother and Croatian father. Courtesy of Goran Bregovic

Global Notes: Balkan music superstar Goran Bregovic

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On this week’s Global Notes, we meet Balkan music superstar Goran Bregovic. His raucous 40-piece band includes a large brass contingent, a male choir from Belgrade and traditional Bulgarian singers.

While Bregovic concerts are known to break out into massive dance parties, when he comes to Symphony Center on Friday, the audience will have to behave themselves. He tells Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia what to expect.

Track List

1. Paradehtika

2. Imagine

3. Hop Cup

4. In The Deathcar (feat. Iggy Pop) — from the movie Arizona Dream

5. Streets Are Drunk

6. Tis Agapis Sou To Risko

Listen to Goran perform “Balkaneros,” a song on his upcoming album Champagne for the Gypsies: