Zeljko Joksimovic and Jelena Tomasevic participate in a new project which aims to bring together music from the entire Balkan area in a series of CDs, the first of which has already been released in Greece for the rest of the world.

Each of the CDs in the Balkan routes series will contain a selection of songs from the Balkans and will be dedicated to one prominent personality of the area. The first one is dedicated to Serbian pioneer scientist Nicola Tesla and it contains 15 songs by artists from many Balkan countries, hand picked by Dimitris Meidanis and released by Protassis Music productions.

Jeljko Joksimovic participates in this first CD with Nicola Tesla, an instrumental song he wrote a year ago, sung by Jelena Tomasevic. The CD was introduced to the Greek media during the press conference held today at the Serbian Embassy in Athens.

Balkan Routes Vol.1- Nicola Tesla
Full track list

01. Nikola Tesla – Zeljko Joksimovic feat. Jelena Tomasevic (Serbia)
02. Astro mou ( My star) – ANEMOS (Greece)
03. Korana – Sanja Ilic & Balkanika (Serbia)
04. Ke te molam (I ll be begging you) – Nona Yotova, Special guest: Theodosii Spassov (Bulgaria)
05. Duni mi duni ladjane – Teodulija feat. Madam Piano (Serbia)
06. Motive Vallesh (From one dance to another) – Esat Ruka & his Ensemble (Albania)
07. Stoyan si konche izvede (Stoyan took away his little horse) – Lot Lorien feat. Roman Stolyar (Bulgaria)
08. Ruzgar – Ah! Agera (Oh! Wind) – Vassiliki Papageorgiou & Gundogarken (Greece – Turkey)
09. Agit1 (Requiem) – The fire of Anatolia (Turkey)
10. Saruyar – Isihia (Bulgaria)
11. Eja – Ardit Gjebrea (Albania)
12. Pses idia st oniro mou (Last night I saw in my dream) – Kristi Stassinopoulou (Greece)
13. Zonae – Palyrria (Greece)
14. 007 (James Bond Theme) – Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania)
15. Son isik (Last light) – Bilen Yildirir feat. Nergiz Yildirir (Turkey)

You can listen to samples of the songs here and here.


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