Bulgaria, a beautiful mountain-filled country with great wine, ski slopes and the Black Sea's best beaches, sometimes gets lost amidst the Eastern Europe stars like Croatia, Czech Republic or Hungary.

Bulgarika, a traditional Bulgarian folk band, will be at Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka, on Oct. 18. Award-winning vocalist and teacher, Donka Koleva, sings traditional songs from various regions of ...

It was near closing time at a Washington, D.C., restaurant, and Kathryn Mitchell was totally captivated. While home for the summer from college, Mitchell worked at a restaurant owned by a Bulgarian ...

Thirty years ago an all-female folk choir set up in Bulgaria became the darling of Western audiences with its tradition-steeped a cappella singing, before the fall of communism threatened its survival ...

Bulgarian folk singer Katya Mincheva may be just over a meter tall, but her voice reaches the heavens. Her heart that carries an entire village, and she has never let her height hold her back. Katya ...

The allure of the lost is ever-present in the musical world. In this year alone, half a dozen notable lost albums have been released or announced, including projects from artists as varied as past ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In November 2019, Smithsonian Folkways released Martin Koenig’s documentation of Bulgarian folk music and culture as ‘Sound Portraits from ...

Bulgarika will provide music at the 4th annual Bulgarian Festival Sept. 30 in Madison. MADISON — The 4th annual Bulgarian Festival is planned 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30., at Holy Trinity ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back on a collection of Communist-era Bulgarian folk ...

In Bulgaria, both Orthodox and Catholic Christians celebrate Easter, with the latter usually coming a few days before. Every so often, such as this year, the two take place on the same day. People of ...