Fresh!

Bulgarian pop exists in odd territory - Soviet influence haunts production aesthetics even now, but younger artists push toward European trends with conviction. Fresh! programs for the tension between those forces, playing both camps with equal enthusiasm. The station champions contemporary Bulgarian acts while respecting the tradition that shaped them. Sofia's music scene generates solid pop that rarely reaches Western ears purely through geography and scale. This station serves as window into that landscape. Programming leans toward female vocalists proportionally more than comparable statio…