Balkan folk music

Folk music of the South Slavic countries

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Balkan folk music is the traditional folk music within Balkan region. In South Slavic languages, it is known as narodna muzika (народна музика) or folk muzika (фолк музика) in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian, and alternatively narodna glazba in standard Croatian, and narodna glasba in Slovene. In Albanian it is known as muzikë popullore.

For more information regarding individual nations' folk music see:

* Albanian folk music
* Bosnian folk music
* Bulgarian folk music
* Croatian folk music
* Macedonian folk music
* Montenegrin folk music
* Serbian folk music
* Slovenian folk music

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* Yugomania music
* Narodna Muzika, listen to Yugoslav folk music

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Music of Southeastern Europe (the Balkans)

By style|

| Folk music|

* Arabesque
* Čalgija
* Dionysiakos
* Fantezi
* Folk
* Albanian
* Bosnian
* Bulgarian
* Croatian
* Greek
* Macedonian
* Montenegrin
* Romani
* Romanian
* Serbian
* Slovenian
* Turkish
* Folk-pop
* Chalga
* Laïko
* Manele
* Tallava
* Turbo-folk
* Nisiotika
* Rebetiko
* Romani music
* Sevdalinka
* Starogradska muzika
* Tsifteteli

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Other|

* Balkan brass
* Bosnian root
* Ganga music
* New Primitivism
* Newly composed folk music
* Sarajevo school of pop rock
* Yugoslav New wave
* Yugoslav pop

By country
and ethnicity|

* Albania (performers)
* Aromanians (stateless)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (performers)
* Bulgaria (performers)
* Croatia (performers)
* Cyprus (performers)
* Greece (performers)
* Kosovo (performers)
* Moldova (performers)
* Montenegro (performers)
* North Macedonia (performers)
* Romania (performers)
* Serbia (performers)
* Slovenia (performers)
* Turkey (performers)
* Yugoslavia (performers)

Folk dances|

| Circle dances|

* Daychovo horo
* Gaitanaki
* Halay
* Hasapiko
* Hora
* Ikariotikos
* Pidikhtos
* Khigga
* Kochari
* Kolo
* Kalamatianos
* Syrtos
* Sirtaki
* Sousta
* Tamzara
* Tsamiko

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Other|

* Antikristos
* Antipatitis
* Čoček
* Karsilamas
* Oro (eagle dance)
* Zeibekiko
* Zeybek

By country|

* Albania
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Greece
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Turkey

Notable musicians|

* Aca Lukas
* Aco Pejović
* Adrian Sînă
* Aki Rahimovski
* Al' Dino
* Alban Skënderaj
* Alen Islamović
* Aleksandra Prijović
* Alexandra Stan
* Alka Vuica
* Ana Bekuta
* Ana Kokić
* Ana Nikolić
* Andreea Bănică
* Andrea
* Anna Odobescu
* Anna Vissi
* Antypas
* Anxhela Peristeri
* Ardian Bujupi
* Arsen Dedić
* Aurela Gaçe
* Avni Mula
* Azis
* Bajaga
* Beba Selimović
* Bebe Rexha
* Bebi Dol
* Bleona
* Boban Rajović
* Bora Đorđević
* Bora Spužić Kvaka
* Boris Novković
* Božo Vrećo
* Branimir Štulić
* Capital T
* Ceca
* Coby
* Costas Andreou
* Dado Polumenta
* Dado Topić
* Dafina Zeqiri
* Daniel Popović
* Danijela Martinović
* Dara Bubamara
* Darko Rundek
* Davorin Popović
* Deen
* Desi Slava
* Despina Vandi
* Dino Dvornik
* Dino Merlin
* Doris Dragović
* Dr Iggy
* Dragan Kojić Keba
* Dragana Mirković
* Dua Lipa
* Duško Kuliš
* Đorđe Balašević
* Džej Ramadanovski
* Edo Maajka
* Eleftheria Eleftheriou
* Elena Risteska
* Eleni Foureira
* Elhaida Dani
* Elvana Gjata
* Elvir Laković Laka
* Emanuela
* Emina Jahović
* Era Istrefi
* Esma Redžepova
* Fazla
* Fiki
* Flori Mumajesi
* Frenkie
* Galena
* Gashi
* George Dalaras
* Gergana
* Gibonni
* Gloria
* Goca Tržan
* Goran Bregović
* Gru
* Hadise
* Halid Bešlić
* Hari Varešanović
* Haris Džinović
* Hasiba Agić
* Helena Paparizou
* Himzo Polovina
* Hurricane
* Ilira
* Indira Levak
* Indira Radić
* Inna
* Inva Mula
* Ivan Zajc
* Ivana Peters
* Ivi Adamou
* Ivo Pogorelić
* Jacques Houdek
* Jana
* Jelena Karleuša
* Jelena Rozga
* Jelena Tomašević
* Josipa Lisac
* Jura Stublić
* Jurica Pađen
* Kaliopi
* Kalomira
* Kamelia
* Karolina Gočeva
* Katy Garbi
* Kemal Monteno
* Kenan Doğulu
* Kićo Slabinac
* Kir Joakim
* Knez
* Konstrakta
* Koke
* Kornelije Kovač
* Lefteris Pantazis
* Lepa Brena
* Lepa Lukić
* Louis
* Luke Black
* Magnifico
* Maksim Mrvica
* Malina
* Maria Elena Kyriakou
* Marija Šerifović
* Marinella
* Marko Kon
* Marta Savić
* Massimo Savić
* Maja Šuput
* Maya Berović
* Maya Sar
* Merima Njegomir
* Miladin Šobić
* Milan Stanković
* Mile Kitić
* Milica Pavlović
* Miloš Bojanić
* Miroslav Ilić
* Mitar Mirić
* Miša Aleksić
* Mišo Kovač
* Muharem Serbezovski
* Mustafa Sandal
* Nada Mamula
* Nada Topčagić
* Natasa Theodoridou
* Nataša Bekvalac
* Neda Ukraden
* Nedeljko Bajić Baja
* Nele Karajlić
* Neno Belan
* Nevena Božović
* Nexhmije Pagarusha
* Nikola Rokvić
* Nikolija
* Nikos Vertis
* Nina Badrić
* Nino Pršeš
* Nino Rešić
* Noizy
* Nora Istrefi
* Oliver Dragojević
* Osman Hadžić
* Paola
* Poli Genova
* Predrag Gojković-Cune
* Predrag Živković Tozovac
* Preslava
* Rambo Amadeus
* Rasta
* Rayna
* Rita Ora
* Safet Isović
* Sakis Rouvas
* Sanja Vučić
* Sara Jo
* Saša Kovačević
* Saša Lošić
* Saša Matić
* Sead Lipovača
* Sejo Sexon
* Seka Aleksić
* Selma Bajrami
* Serdar Ortaç
* Sergej Ćetković
* Sertab Erener
* Severina
* Silvana Armenulić
* Sinan Sakić
* Slađana Milošević
* Snežana Đurišić
* Sofi Marinova
* Stoja
* Stojan Stojkov
* Tamara Todevska
* Tanja Ribič
* Tanja Savić
* Tereza Kesovija
* Tijana Dapčević
* Tifa
* Toma Zdravković
* Tony Cetinski
* Tonči Huljić
* Toše Proeski
* Vasilis Karras
* Vesna Pisarović
* Vesna Zmijanac
* Viki
* Vlado Georgiev
* Yiannis Parios
* Zaim Imamović
* Zdravko Čolić
* Zoran Lesendrić
* Zorica Brunclik
* Ljuba Aličić
* Šaban Šaulić
* Şebnem Paker
* Šemsa Suljaković
* Šerif Konjević
* Željko Bebek
* Željko Joksimović
* Željko Samardžić
* Željko Šašić

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Folk and indigenous music

Music on the World Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Types and
subgenres|

| By subject or function|

* Ballads
* Child
* Murder
* Carols
* Christmas carol
* Koliadka
* Children's
* Dance music
* Drinking song
* Love song
* Protest song
* Anti-war song
* Sea shanties
* Sporting song
* War songs
* Work song

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Fusions|

* American primitive guitar
* Anti-folk
* Bluegrass
* Country folk
* Dangdut
* Koplo
* Filk music
* Folk baroque
* Folk jazz
* Folk-pop
* Folk rock
* Folk metal
* Celtic metal
* Medieval metal
* Folk punk
* Celtic punk
* Celtic rock
* Celtic metal
* Celtic punk
* Folktronica
* Indie folk
* Industrial folk
* Lu
* Medieval folk rock
* Medieval metal
* Muiñeira
* Neofolk
* Nerd-folk
* Psychedelic folk
* Freak folk
* New Weird America
* Progressive folk
* Raï
* Skiffle
* Tamang Selo
* Vallenato
* Xẩm

Regional
traditions|

| North America|

* Central America
* Mexican
* Corrido
* Son calentano
* Son jarocho
* Son huasteco
* Tierra Caliente
* Yaqui
* Panamanian

| Indigenous North
American|

* Canadian
* Arapaho
* Blackfeet
* Dene
* Innu
* Inuit
* Iroquois
* Kiowa
* Kwakwaka'wakw
* Métis
* Navajo
* Pueblo
* Seminole
* Sioux
* Yaqui
* Yuman

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American|

* Appalachian
* Old-time
* Folk revival (1950s–60s)
* Hawaiian
* New Mexico
* Red Dirt
* Tejano
* Western

| African-American|

* Blues
* Jazz
* Dixieland
* Jug
* Ragtime
* Spirituals

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Country|

* Americana
* Roots rock
* Bluegrass
* Country folk
* Country pop
* Country rock
* Honky-tonk
* Rockabilly
* Southern soul
* Western swing

Canadian|

* Canadian fiddle
* Indigenous
* Dene
* Innu
* Inuit
* Métis
* by ethnocultural group
* Celtic
* French
* by region
* Prairies
* Québécois
* Quebec fiddle
* Néo-trad
* Maritime
* Cape Breton fiddling

Caribbean|

* Cuban
* Haitian
* Kontradans
* Jamaican
* Mento
* Trinidadian and Tobagonian
* Cariso
* Chutney
* Chutney parang
* Chutney soca
* Kaiso
* Parang
* Soca

South American|

* Brazilian
* Chilean
* Venezuelan
* Gaita zuliana

Oceanian|

* Australian
* White Australian
* Indigenous Australian
* Cook Islander
* Easter Islander
* Maori
* Marshallese
* Papua New Guinean
* Samoan
* Solomon Islander
* Tahitian
* Tongan
* Tuvaluan

Asian|

* Bangladeshi
* Bhawaiya
* Bhutanese
* Central Asian
* Chinese
* Cantonese
* Hakka
* Jingnan
* Lâm-kóan
* Pak-kóan
* Teochew
* Zhongguo feng
* Filipino
* Bodabil
* Kundiman
* Manila sound
* Indian
* Kamrupi Lokgeet
* Rasiya
* Sanedo
* Indonesian
* Japanese
* Min'yō
* Korean
* Trot
* Mongolian
* Nepalese
* Pakistani
* Vietnamese
* Quan họ

European|

* Alpine
* Austrian
* Balkan
* Albanian
* Tallava
* Bosnian and Herzegovinan
* Sevdalinka
* Starogradska muzika
* Bulgarian
* Chalga
* Starogradska muzika
* Croatian
* Starogradska muzika
* Greek
* Laïko
* Rebetiko
* Tsifteteli
* Italian
* Kosovan
* Tallava
* Montenegrin
* Macedonian
* Čalgija
* Starogradska muzika
* Romani
* Romanian
* Manele
* Serbian
* Balkan brass
* Starogradska muzika
* Turbo-folk
* Slovenian
* Turkish
* Anatolian blues
* Anatolian rock
* Arabesque
* Fantezi
* Tsifteteli
* Belarusian
* Breton
* Celtic
* Celtic fusion
* Celtic metal
* Celtic punk
* Celtic rock
* Czech
* Moravian
* Polka
* Danish
* Dutch
* English
* Hornpipe
* Jigs
* Morris dance
* Estonian
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Hungarian
* Icelandic
* Irish
* Gaelic folk music
* Hornpipe
* Latvian
* Lithuanian
* Maltese
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Pontic Greek
* Portuguese
* Russian
* Scottish
* Gaelic
* Slovenian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Swiss
* Ukrainian
* Cossack
* Dumka
* Welsh

Middle Eastern and
North African|

* Armenian
* Assyrian
* Azerbaijani
* Egyptian
* Fantezi
* Iranian
* Israeli
* Klezmer
* Mizrahi music
* Pontic Greek
* Turkish
* Anatolian blues
* Anatolian rock
* Arabesque
* Tsifteteli

Related
articles|

* 20th-century Western folk music
* Acoustic music
* Filk music
* Festivals
* Folk clubs
* Folk dance
* Instruments
* List
* Collections
* Roud number
* Child
* Laws numbers
* Outlaw country
* Progressive rock
* Pub session
* Record labels
* Roots revival
* World music
* Worldbeat
* History of music

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