Marinko Rokvić

Marinko Rokvić
Birth name Marinko Rokvic
Born Bosanski Petrovac
Origin Yugoslavia, (Bosnia)
Genres Folk
Occupations Musician
Years active 1974–present
Labels PGP, Diskos, Diskoton, Grand Production

Marinko Rokvić (Маринко Роквић) is a Bosnian Serb folk singer, born in Bosanski Petrovac, popular in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina[1][2] and to a degree in each of the former Yugoslav republics & Bulgaria.

He is married to Slavica who is a nurse, and together they have 2 sons. One son, Nikola Rokvić is also a recording artist (and appeared as a contestant in season 3 of Survivor Srbija).[3]

Marinko has made over 20 albums in past years & is a very famous singer. He also won the Zlatni Melos prize in 1993.

Discography

Compilations

References

  1. ^ (26 June 2010). Најбољи тамбураши растресли публику, Dnevnik (Serbia) (in Serbian) (noting upcoming performance by Rokvić)
  2. ^ (14 January 2011). Ко те, брале, пита за диплом, Pravda (Serbia) (in Serbian) (article discusses the more mundane day jobs that local musical artists have endured, including a note that Rokvić studied electrical engineering)
  3. ^ NIKOLA ROKVIĆ SLAVIO POBEDU!, Kurir