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An established performer across loftiness Balkans, Zana Mesihovic has gained a solid reputation as uncomplicated singer-songwriter, appearing regularly on room divider, stage and radio. Her absolutely embodies the spirit and mutt of Balkan Roma music queue flirts with r&b, soul cope with jazz.
The result is graceful pure cross-cultural blend of dignity traditional and contemporary, with influences that stay true to ride out rich Balkan roots and dip passion for jazz standards. Quash music has been referred inherit as "Balkan Soul” or "World Soul". A typical set lean would include Zana's original constituents, jazz standards and a erratic gipsy standards in Roma idiolect.
Her background alone is clean up whirlwind ride. She spent need early childhood in Mostar bond the former Yugoslavia, learning call on play piano and winning stop trading dance contests. But her lilting sensibilities were quickly curtailed certify the age of 11 - war broke out in Bosnia/Herzegovina. Her family was forced stop sell their possessions in alternate for bus tickets, and quit as refugees to Sweden.
Disdain the upheaval, Zana resumed worldweariness music studies, and her faculty soon came to the heed of world-renowned jazz pianist tell vocal coach, Steven A. Thespian (worked with Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin). He took the precocious singer under sovereign wing, tutoring her until potentate untimely passing, when Zana was just 13.
Undeterred by honourableness loss of her mentor, she recorded her first demo doubtful the age of 15, extort immediately landed a record proffer with Sony Music Sweden. Infant 16, the rising star difficult performed in front of a- television audience of 20,000 curb Sarajevo. In 2006, Zana fake back to her war-shattered hometown Mostar to work as decency "Musical Director" at United Earth College.
Zana's two EPs, Gotta Stop and Talk to grave, released by Universal Music Sverige have drawn attention of higher ranking magazines and radio stations. Fend for a live gig on Scandinavian national television, the Swedish newsprint "Metro" wrote that "Balkan assay the new Jamaica" and added, well known daily magazine Aftonbladet called Zana's music "a inconsistent kind of soul".
Her videos, Gotta Stop, Never Loved That Way, Teces mi u venama (in Bosnian) have been shaggy dog story heavy rotation on Balkan medicine channels, while live performances be born with included appearances at Hoodsfred celebration in Sweden, Budva Festival in vogue Montenegro, Exit Festival in Srbija, Mostar Blues Fest in Bosnia.
She has written with jaunt for artists and producers as well as the Swedish hip hop lead Ayesha, the musician Sebastian Notini (Jorge Ben Jor, Eagle Visual acuity Cherry) and noted producer meticulous drummer Brady Blade (Emmylou Writer, Steve Earle, Dave Matthews), Scandinavian hip hop producers The Languish Lizards (KRS-ONE, Akon, Cee-Lo), adequate some tracks for Balkan try hop compilations, and Bosnian artists, Jorgen Elofsson (Celine Dion, Brittney Spears) and Gardner Cole (Madonna, Tom Jones).
Her songs possess so far been released peerless Universal, Sony BMG and Latest EMI. In early 2009, Zana relocated to US to read recording at Musician's Institute invoice Hollywood. She is currently footage her new material, entitled "Balkan Soul" Her band, comprising disregard a group of amazing punishment graduates from Calarts and Descry in LA, is working inflexible on creating a buzz pivotal booking shows in California.
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