The Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall is an indoor multi-purpose arena in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Named in honor of Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2010 after his death, it was used for various sporting events at the 1984 Winter Olympics, and will be the main venue of the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
Dragana Mirković is a Serbian pop-folk singer and entrepreneur. Born in Kasidol near Požarevac, Mirković started her career in 1984 and became one of the most popular singers of the 1980s and 1990s. Today she is arguably one of the best-selling and most successful artists from the former Yugoslavia with numerous hit records and big scale concerts. Alongside her husband, Mirković also founded a satellite Balkan music channel called DM SAT.
The Mirza Delibašić Hall, commonly known as Skenderija Hall (Скендерија), is an indoor sporting arena located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a part of Skenderija. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,616. It was opened on 23 November 1969. It is currently home to the Bosna Royal Sarajevo basketball team and is named after its legendary player Mirza Delibašić.
Selma Bajrami is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager with the release of her first studio album When There Are No More Tears... in 1998. Since, she has become one of the regions leading pop stars with multiple hits and eight albums. Bajrami lives in Vienna, Austria.
Čajniče is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,401 inhabitants, while the municipality has 4,895 inhabitants.
Mehmed Puzić, known professionally as Meho Puzić, was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and songwriter.
Sanjam is the fifth studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum. It was released 22 April 1982 through the record label Sarajevo Disk.
Dobro došli prijatelji is the sixth studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum. It was released 24 January 1983 through the record label Jugodisk.
Tebi ljubavi is the seventh studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum. It was released 27 March 1984 through the record label Jugodisk.
Nema kajanja is the eighth studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum featuring the band Južni Vetar. It was released 1 January 1985 through the record label Jugodisk.
Nek' je od srca is the thirteenth studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum. It was released in 1999 through the record label Croatia Records.
Južni Vetar is a Yugoslav music band famous for recording with many famous folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers from Serbia and Bosnia. The band was founded by Miodrag M. Ilić, an experienced musician from Leskovac, a town in southern Serbia.
Zakon sudbine is the seventh studio album by Bosnian pop-folk singer Selma Bajrami. It was released through Grand Production in May 2010.
Nimfa Sound was a record label founded and based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. It became inactive in 2004. In 2016 the rights to the label were acquired by German company Cilem Records International based in Augsburg.
Sarajevo Disk is a record label founded and based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1978. It became inactive in 2000 and began releasing music again in September 2012.
Voljela sam oči nevjerne is the debut studio album by Bosnian folk singer Hanka Paldum. It was released 13 February 1974 through the record label Diskoton.
Radio Sarajevo is a radio station and magazine that began airing 10 April 1945, four days after the liberation of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina near the end of World War II. It was Bosnia and Herzegovina's first radio station. The first words spoken by announcer Đorđe Lukić were "This is Radio Sarajevo... Death to fascism, freedom to the people!"
The Ilidža Folk Music Festival is the oldest living and premier folk music festival in the Former Yugoslavia. It is held annually in Ilidža, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The festival was established in 1964 by the Association of Bosnian Recording Artists, is held in July and lasts for four days. The event hosts contemporary and traditional artists in genres under the umbrella of Folk, including Sevdalinka, Starogradska, Modern Folk, Novokomponovana, Macedonian Folk, Turbo-folk and accordion music. It has traditionally been the premier showpiece event for folk recording artists in Yugoslavia, with the two major Yugoslav record labels Jugoton and PGP-RTS releasing live LPs of each year's edition. Numerous acclaimed folk singers from the Former Yugoslavia were either signed by record labels or received wider media exposure following performances at the festival. Serbian Turbo-folk star Ceca performed at the 1988 edition when she was 15 years old and won the competition with her single Cvetak Zanovetak, while Hanka Paldum was signed by Diskoton after winning the newcomer competition in 1974.
"Il' je vedro, il' oblačno" is a popular Bosnian traditional folk song, Sevdalinka. It was interpreted by many notable singers: Emina Zečaj, Hanka Paldum, Božo Vrećo, Zaim Imamović and many others.
