In November 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released Martin Koenig’s documentation of Bulgarian folk music and culture as ‘Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World.’ In this video, he ...

With 516 points and a win in both votes, Bulgarian singer Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song "Bangaranga" means "uproar" in Jamaican - and that's exactly what it caused at the ESC.

The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices is a Bulgarian female vocal choir that received global recognition and a Grammy award for best traditional folk album in 1990. Decades later, it continues to bring ...

Australia's Delta Goodrem finished fourth with her power ballad "Eclipse" - the country's strongest Eurovision result in ...

Dara, at 27, led Bulgaria to its first-ever Eurovision victory in 2026 with her standout performance of Bulgarian folk music ‘Bangaranga’.

ATHENS — The Hudson Valley–based all-women art choir will perform two free shows as part of the exhibition “Goddess: Origins of Wonder” at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens, curated by ...

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph ...