Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band	From kolos to Kusturica, experience the rich sounds of driving Balkan brass! Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States.  Each year Zlatne Uste hosts and produces the Golden Festival, New York's biggest and best Balkan music festival with an astounding 40 or more bands and something for everyone.

 

Zlatne Uste Golden Fest                  every January
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Hear the band           Our new release "Do Zore"
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ZLATNE USTE Recordings

Zlatne Uste brings you the exuberant music of the brass bands of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia. From hummable, toe-tapping tunes to humblingly complex rhythms and melodies, this music moves the body and touches the soul. Discover the full-blown sounds of Slavic and Gypsy brass.          "Do Zore (Until Dawn)", Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, 2010          "In the Center of the Village", Azalea City Recordings, 1999          "Balkans Without Borders" is a benefit CD for Doctors Without Borders and features Zlatne Uste along with 20 other artists including Marta Sebestyen, The Klezmatics, Sviraj, and Zabe i Babe, Omnium, 1999          "No Strings Attached", 1993 on Rounder Records          "Golden Lips, Music of Eastern Yugoslavia",  Global Village Music, 1990

 

To order your copy of "In the Center of the Village", "No Strings Attached" or "Golden Lips" send your check payable to Zlatne Uste for $15 per CD, $10 per cassette, plus $3 shipping per order. Allow  3-4 weeks for delivery. U.S. funds only. Send to: Zlatne Uste c/o Matt Smith PO Box 74 Flagtown, NJ 08821-0074

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