Born to a Croatian father and Serb mother, composer-guitarist-bandleader Goran Bregovic brews a jolting stew of Balkan traditions that demonstrate -- often in a hilariously raucous way -- the deep ...

A few decades ago, Goran Bregovic was just a rock star. His band, Bijelo Dugme (White Button), was considered the Led Zeppelin of Yugoslavia during the 1970s and ’80s. Bregovic’s life and music took ...

On his current tour of the United States, Goran Bregovic is performing music he has recorded with Gogol Bordello, Gipsy Kings and other gypsy musicians for release in February. Bregovic and his 19-m… ...

No one could confuse PlayhouseSquare with a Balkan bar. But Goran Bregovic came close. On Monday, June 15, the rocker-turned-Gypsy-bandleader transformed the Ohio Theatre into a Balkan dance party as ...

According to the Walt Disney Concert Hall program, there were four separate elements to the Goran Bregovic and His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra concert Wednesday night: a five-piece Gypsy Brass band, ...

Goran Bregovic entertained the Beethovenfest crowd as head of his Balkan ensemble, the Wedding and Funeral Orchestra. Bregovic spoke with DW about what drives his music. Goran Bregovic was born in ...

Goran Bregovic creates music for beginnings and endings. That explains, in part, why he leads a large ensemble called the Wedding and Funeral Orchestra. While these two events - the union and the ...

A tiny village nestled in the mountains of western Serbia hardly seems like an epicenter for world music. It boasts 3,000 inhabitants. A handful of winding roads. Even fewer inns. But for one weekend ...

Here’s a look at the top concerts of the week in the San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland areas, highlighted by the return of Goran Bregovic and His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra. Goran Bregovic A ...

Born in Sarajevo of a Serbian mother and a Croatian father, Goran Bregovic studied music (violin) at the conservatory and only at the age of sixteen formed his first group "The White Button". Composer ...