Safet Isović

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Safet Isović (born 1936, in Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a very prominent and popular sevdalinka performer. Safet Isović is believed to be the best sevdalinka performer of all times by many people including people within the music industry.

Throughout his career, Safet Isović performed at music festivals and won many of them which has contributed to the prevalence and popularity of the sevdalinka.

This was especially the case during the time of former Yugoslavia where the sevdalinka became and still is very popular first and foremost amongst Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, this prevalence and popularity also continued amongst Bosniaks in Sandžak and Macedonia. Later, the sevdalinka also became somewhat popular amongst some non-Bosniaks but the sevdalinka is still a key musical part of Bosniak culture. Therefore, the popularity of it has been somewhat mediocre amongst non-Bosniaks.

He was also a SDA delegate in the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[edit] Discography:

• Ne vjeruj joj jarane
• Sta se ovo Bosnom cuje
• Izabrane Sevdalinke 1
• Izabrane Sevdalinke 2
• Za dusu i sjecanje
• Sehidski rastanak
• Legenda o Bosni 2003
• Safet Isovic i prijatelji - Koncert u Zetri 2003

[edit] External links

Safet's column on Balkanmedia:

• October 2001
• November 2001
• Whach insert from concert on DSSound.com