In November 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released Martin Koenig’s documentation of Bulgarian folk music and culture as ‘Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World.’ In this video, he ...

Decades have passed since the Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares project brought choral arrangements of Bulgarian folk music to a global listening public during the height of the worldbeat craze. Bulgarian ...

Kabile, a five-person bitov ensemble, will perform a concert in the social hall of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church. Bitov, for those unfamiliar with Bulgarian folk culture, is a traditional style ...

Thirty years ago an all-female folk choir set up in Bulgaria became the darling of Western audiences with its tradition-steeped a cappella singing, before the fall of communism threatened its survival ...

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s department of ethnomusicology offers a range of different ensembles spanning multiple regions throughout the world, each with a rich musical dynamic and sound.

The Bulgarian folk band, Bulgarika, pictured, returns to Arcata for a concert of traditional music on Bulgarian folk instruments. Singer Donka Koleva brings her vocal talents with songs of varied ...

NEW YORK - Here’s a concept: an American-based band that plays music inspired by the folk traditions of the Balkans in southeastern Europe, and that is actually led by someone from that region. This ...

It was near closing time at a Washington, D.C., restaurant, and Kathryn Mitchell was totally captivated. While home for the summer from college, Mitchell worked at a restaurant owned by a Bulgarian ...