Manele is a musical genre that has engulfed the entire Balkans over the past 30 years. Its linguistic origin dates back to the Ottoman Empire, and the word manea is Turkish for “song.” At its core, it ...

Earlier this week, Coldplay unwittingly stepped into some kind of Romanian cultural divide while playing two shows at Bucharest's Arena Națională. Coldplay are in the middle of rolling out new music, ...

A ban imposed by the city of Timisoara on a variety of music popular among the Roma has delighted some Romanians – and drawn bitter accusations of discrimination from others. Ethnic Roma musician ...

The musical guest at Coldplay’s recent concert in Bucharest, Romania, was booed by fans for singing manele, a genre of Romanian pop-folk. The four-piece rock band was performing at the city’s Arena ...

Ion Dumitrescu: Paul, I wanted to start out by talking about the transitional period between so- called “proto-manele” and today’s manele. I know you’ve extensively investigated the timeframe between ...

From radical feminism to songs about student dorms, no pants subway rides to breweries in fancy hotels. Expect the unexpected, as Andreea Campeanu shows us her Bucharest Merdenele pastry* scented ...

But Manele – a Turkish-sounding electro-folk which originated in Romania in the 1980s – is proving controversial KANYE West might have some competition in the charts from a bunch of Romanian gypsy pop ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The musical guest at Coldplay’s recent concert in Bucharest, ...

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