http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7149158&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fgoran-bregovic%2Fplaylists.rssGoran Bregovic is one of the Balkan's greatest living composers, a master whose soundtrack for 1989's <I>Time of the Gypsies</I> turned generations of weirdos on to the manic beauty of Balkan folk. Born to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, Bregovic came of age in communist Yugoslavia where, despite his classical conservatory training, he took up playing guitar -- and with it, rock 'n' roll. At age 16 he founded the White Button, a rock band that would tour the Eastern Block for the next 15 years and make Bregovic a youth idol in the process. In 1988 filmmaker Emil Kusturica invited Bregovic to score his film <I>Time of the Gypsies</I>. Audiences found the score ravishing, and a productive collaboration was born that led to soundtracks for <I>Arizona Dream</I> and <I>Underground</I>, among others. Bregovic has worked with artists as diverse as Iggy Pop and Cesaria Evora for his soundtracks, dabbled in theatre and continues to give stunning live shows throughout Europe. - Sarah BardeenBalkans/Eastern Europeen720Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:59:56 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7149158&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fgoran-bregovic%2Fplaylists.rss Goran Bregovic is one of the Balkan's greatest living composers, a master whose soundtrack for 1989's <I>Time of the Gypsies</I> turned generations of weirdos on to the manic beauty of Balkan folk. Born to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, Bregovic came of age in communist Yugoslavia where, despite his classical conservatory training, he took up playing guitar -- and with it, rock 'n' roll. At age 16 he founded the White Button, a rock band that would tour the Eastern Block for the next 15 years and make Bregovic a youth idol in the process. In 1988 filmmaker Emil Kusturica invited Bregovic to score his film <I>Time of the Gypsies</I>. Audiences found the score ravishing, and a productive collaboration was born that led to soundtracks for <I>Arizona Dream</I> and <I>Underground</I>, among others. Bregovic has worked with artists as diverse as Iggy Pop and Cesaria Evora for his soundtracks, dabbled in theatre and continues to give stunning live shows throughout Europe. - Sarah Bardeen