Description: Discusses the iconic 1991 album that ushered Balkan music into western popular, jazz, and world music spheres.
Brief description: Carol Silverman is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at the University of Oregon, USA and has done research on Balkan music for over 30 years. With a focus on Roma, she explores politics, music, human rights, gender, and state policy and issues of representation. Her book Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora (2014) won the Book Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.