Tales and Songs from Weddings and Funerals (2002)

Goran Bregović's Wedding and Funeral Band unites brass soloists from Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria with classical strings and traditional polyphonic voices. Rather than treating brass as background artillery, the arrangements treat cornet and flugelhorn melodies as solemn narrative threads. Selections such as Maki Maki and Hop Hop Hop alternate mournful liturgical textures with stately regional dances, illuminating the shared musical vocabulary connecting Orthodox hymns and festive village marches.