GUCA, Serbia (Reuters) – The 57h Guca Brass Band Festival, Serbia’s liveliest traditional music event, has attracted tens of thousands of people crowding the streets and savoring the trumpet beat.

A new album puts a Serbian band's wild, genre-bending flair on full display. Serbia's Markovic Orkestar Breaks Boundaries With Brass Serbia's Markovic Orkestar Breaks Boundaries With Brass Serbia's ...

GUCA, Serbia — A young man lies flat on his back with trumpets blasting inches from his ears, while his girlfriend belly dances on a tabletop with a roasted pork leg in one hand and a beer bottle in ...

You may not see tie-dyes and bell bottoms there, but the locals call it the Woodstock of Serbia. Hundreds of thousands come each year to celebrate Balkan brass music at the Guca Trumpet Festival.

GUCA, Yugoslavia — The smells at the legendary Guca brass band festival reach visitors long before the music: smoke from open fires, roasting piglets, seared lamb and stewed cabbage. “It smells of ...

Being a lady and playing a trumpet is uncommon, says Danijela Veselinovic, the first and only female leader of a Serbian brass band. Veselinovic first took up the trumpet at the age of eight. | Photo: ...

The fourth annual Balkan Night Northwest brings together an astonishing array of music and dance from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Greece, along with the raging sounds of ...

If you're planning a wedding, and looking for music that's fresh, irresistible and completely unexpected, you might want to consider The Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, a cutting-edge Gypsy brass ...