TSP Saturday June 3, 2006 / Goran Bregovic

Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Goran Bregovic

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Interview and musical retrospective: Goran Bregovic.

Guitarist with the massively popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme in his youth, Goran Bregovic , whose father was Croat Catholic, mother Orthodox Serb and wife Muslim created a second career while in in Paris during Yugoslavia's breakup. He began writing and orchestrating music - often Balkan/Gypsy-flavored - for film, notably working with the famed director Emir Kusturica on Time of the Gypsies (1989), Arizona Dream (1993) and Underground (1995). Sometimes Bregovic has brought his musical lives together - as when he teamed up Iggy Pop with a Gypsy brass band in Arizona Dream. He has also collaborated with Scott Walker, Cesaria Evora and many others across musical and cultural borders.

While widely recognized in Europe - Time of the Gypsies went gold in several countries; Iggy's In the Death Car from Arizona Dreams charted in Europe - Bregovic is a bit under the radar in the US. He's hoping to raise his profile with a mini-tour this July. Included is his New York debut - along with 42 musicians including a Serbian brass band, a classical string ensemble, a choir and Gypsy and Bulgarian vocalists - at the Lincoln Center Festival at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday, July 13. Bregovic has been presenting similar super-sized Gypsy brass extravaganzas in Europe for several years, but never before in the US.

Special thanks to Eileen McMahon from Lincoln Center.

This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)

Goran Bregovic: Underground Tango / Underground / Reprise / *
Soundtrack / not new release but new to WFMU / used as music bed

Goran Bregovic: Mesecina / Underground / Reprise / *
Soundtrack / not new release but new to WFMU

Goran Bregovic: The Belly Button of the World / Underground / Reprise / *
Soundtrack / not new release but new to WFMU

Bijelo Dugme: Hop-cup / Best Of, 1974-1983 / Sonic

Bijelo Dugme: Lipe cvatu (sve je isto k'o i lani) / Kosovka Djevojka / Diskoton

Goran Bregovic: Ringe Ringe Raja / Underground / Reprise / *
Soundtrack / not new release but new to WFMU

Goran Bregovic: Caje Sukarije / Kayah and Bregovic / Zic Zac
With Kayah

Goran Bregovic: Hop Hop Hop / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Universal

Goran Bregovic: So Nevo Si / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Universal

Iggy Pop: Get the Money / Various Artists: Arizona Dream / Universal
Film soundtrack / music by Goran Bregovic

Goran Bregovic: Elo Hi / Songbook / Universal
Ofra Haza, Vocals

George Dalaras: What If I Want You / Thessaloniki - Yennena / EMI
With Goran Bregovic

Goran Bregovic: Gul / Songbook / Universal
Sezen Aksu, Vocals

Goran Bregovic: Ederlezi / Time of the Gypsies / Universal
Vaska Jankovska, Vocals

Goran Bregovic: Tale III / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Universal
Zdravko Colic and the Georgian Male Choir, vocals

Goran Bregovic: Tale VII / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Universal

Goran Bregovic: Tale V / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Universal
Used as music bed

Goran Bregovic: Kalasnjikov / Underground / Reprise / *
Soundtrack / not new release but new to WFMU