Serbian folk music ( sr, српска народна музика / ''srpska narodna muzika'') refers to, in the narrow sense, the "older" style of Serbian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

, predating the "newer" ( sr, link=no, новокомпонована / ''novokomponovana'', "newly composed") style which emerged in the 1970s and 1980s as a result of urbanisation. The characteristic musical instruments included the

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

and

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, while traditional instruments such as

tamburica Tamburica ( or ) or tamboura ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", tamburica, тамбурица, little tamboura; hu, tambura; el, Ταμπουράς, Tampourás; sometimes written tamburrizza or tamburitza), refers to a family of long-necked lute ...

frula The frula (, sr-Cyrl, фрула), also known as svirala (свирала) or jedinka, is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized flute, traditionally played in Serbia. It is typically made of wood and has six holes. It is an end-blown ...

, were also used.

Notable performers

;Male * Cune Gojković (1932–2017) * Predrag Živković Tozovac (1936–2021) *

Miroslav Ilić Miroslav Ilić ( sh-Cyrl, Мирослав Илић; born 10 December 1950) is a popular Serbian folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist. He is known for his powerful vocals and emotional lyrics. With 25 albums, he is one of the best-selling ...

(born 1950) * Staniša Stošić (1945–2008) *

Sinan Sakić Sinan Sakić (; 13 October 1956 – 1 June 2018) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. Sakić first reached massive popularity as a member of the Yugoslav turbo-folk band, Južni Vetar (''Southern Wind''). He also went on to have a successful career ...

(1956–2018) *

Šaban Šaulić Šaban Šaulić ( sr-cyr, Шабан Шаулић; 6 September 1951 – 17 February 2019) was a Serbian folk singer. Renowned for his refined baritone vocals and performances characterised by emotional intensity and crowd interaction, his career ...

(1951–2019) *

Šeki Turković Šućro "Šeki" Turković ( sr-cyr, Шућро "Шеки" Турковић; born 27 November 1953) is a Serbian pop-folk singer, popular in the former Yugoslavia. He was born in Sjenica in southwestern Serbia.Vesna Danilović"Šeki Turković – ...

(born 1953) * Marinko Rokvić (1954-2021) ;Female *

Lepa Lukić Lepava Mušović ( sr-Cyrl, Лепава Мушовић; born 13 January 1940), known professionally as Lepa Lukić ( sr-cyr, Лепа Лукић), is a Serbian folk singer with a career spanning more than six decades. One of her biggest hits is ...

(born 1940) *

Snežana Đurišić Snežana Đurišić (; born 6 June 1959) is a Serbian folk singer. Her career spans more than half a century (in April 2019 she marked 50 years anniversary by concert in Sava Centar). She was dubbed "Queen of folk music" in both her home and neig ...

(born 1959) *

Merima Njegomir Merima Kurtiš ( sr-cyr, Мерима Куртиш; 9 November 1953 – 20 November 2021), known professionally as Merima Njegomir ( sr-cyr, Мерима Његомир), was a Serbian folk and sevdah singer. Life She began her career singing ...

(born 1953) *

Vasilija Radojčić Vasilije () is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek language, Greek given name ''Vassilios'' ("Basil (name), Basil"). It may refer to: *Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanovi ...

(1936–2011) *Brankica Vasić (Бранкица Васић), stage name Vasilisa60 najlepših narodnih pesama
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Lepa Brena Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...

(born 1960) *

Zorica Brunclik Zorica Brunclik ( sr-cyr, Зорица Брунцлик; born 29 June 1955) is a Serbian singer of folk music; both traditional and newly composed. Arguably one of the most famous ex-Yugoslavian artists, Zorica Brunclik is known for her singing ...

(born 1955)

Notable songs

List of Serbian folk songs List of Serbian folk songs: *'Ajd' d' idemo, Rado *'Ajde Jano *'Ajde Kato *Četir' konja debela *Čuješ, seko *'Ej, čija frula *Igrale se delije *Imam jednu želju *Mila Majko *Moj Milane *Na te mislim *Ne vredi plakati *Oj, Jelo, Jelo *Oj, Mor ...

Notable concerts

*''Tri majstora'', December 1996, Radio Television of Serbia,
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External links

* {{Music of Southeastern Europe (the Balkans) Folk music by country

Notable performers

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