She Can Be Much Worse: Goran Bregović and Bebe with "Vino Tinto"

A collaboration between the Balkans and Spain lies behind our random tune for today. The song is called Vino Tinto, and it is performed by Bosnian musician Goran Bregović with vocals by Spanish singer, songwriter and actress Bebe. A guitarist, Goran Bregović grew up in a divided family after his Croatian father and Serbian mother divorced due to his father's alcoholism. Bregović originally started music on the violin, but was deemed untalented. In high school he took up bass guitar, and eventually became a member of a number of bands, in particular the rock band Bijelo Dugme where he was lead guitar and the main creative force. When that band began to experience troubles, he entered the world of film music as well as embarking on a solo career where he collaborated with musicians such as Sezen Aksu and George Dalaras. His music was featured extensively on the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. He also tours with his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra, which features small (10 member) and large (37 member) versions. His musical style is based on themes found in countries as varied as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Albania, Italy and Turkey, as well as Romani music. He combines these themes with popular music, traditional polyphonic music, tango and brass band sounds. Bebe is best known for her Latin Grammy award as Best New Artist in 2005 and her hit singles Malo and Ella. You can find Vino Tinto on Bregović's 2017 album Three Letters from Sarajevo (Opus 1). The song is the defiance of a woman about to leave her partner.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran_Bregovi%C4%87">Goran Bregović; https://www.goranbregovic.rs/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebe_(singer)