Anthems of Yearning: Five Centuries of Bosnian Tradition Coalesce into Elegant Songs on Amira Medunjanin s new album. Singer, humanitarian, and global ambassador for the culture and music of her native Bosnia & Herzegovina and the wider Balkan region, Amira Medunjanin has been described as '...one of the great voices of her generation, and almost certainly the finest from eastern Europe' (Observer); an artist with a 'voluptuous voice (which) hovers enticingly between East and West' (Uncut). With her latest recording Damar, Amira again draws deep from the wellspring of Sevdah the beating heart of Bosnian music with revivifying new arrangements of ancestral songs, whilst for the first time introducing new compositions to her artistic palette. A particular emphasis on acoustic guitar brings a subtle Iberian piquancy to Damar and once again the great Serbian pianist Bojan Z bestows his musical and production skills upon the endeavour.
