Ljiljana Buttler (14 December 1944 — 26 April 2010) was a singer born in former Yugoslavia. Her nickname was The Mother of Gypsy Soul.
Buttler was born in Belgrade as Ljiljana Petrović, the daughter of a Croatian singer and a Gypsy accordionist. Her father left the family shortly after the birth of his daughter. She moved to the city of Bijeljina, Bosnia, where her mother performed in pubs. As a teenager she began singing, she returned to Belgrade where she settled in the Skadarlija entertainment district. In the seventies she broke through in Yugoslavia as a singer and she released several successful albums. During the 1980s her career slowed. In 1989, due to political unrest, she moved to Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Amsterdam-based Bosnian music producer Dragi Šestić started shortly after the millennium, a quest for the 'disappeared' singer and knew around 2001 to find her out. He convinced her to make a new album for his Snail Records in 2002 and brought with her and Mostar Sevdah Reunion, the Bosnian band - "The Mother Of Gypsy Soul". In 2005, "The Legends of Life" was released. This group gave from 2003 concert series, particularly in Europe. The music of the group is a mix of gypsy and Balkan music, jazz and sevdah. Her last album, Frozen Roses, was released in 2009.
Buttler died of cancer on 26 April 2010, aged 65, in Düsseldorf.
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