
...The
twelve songs from Rosa compromise the most fierce Bosnian musical experience
in recent memory; Amiras rich, languid voice conveys so much emotion
listening to this CD can be, at times, almost overwhelming. I play Rosa
again and again, sinking into the deep, carefully caressed syllables
on U Djul Basci, riding the high notes to a mountaintop village on Zajdi,
Zajdi, surfing the raw acoustic dissonance of Bogata Sam Iman Svega
whilst imagining this must be what its like to hide from
mortar shells. Oh what sad, mad, beautiful music sevdah is!
(Garth
Cartwright Folk Roots
March 2005)