Radio Caprice - Balkan

Radio Caprice's Balkan channel doesn't mess around with easy listening. It dives straight into the heart of the region's music: from Serbian brass bands like Boban Marković Orkestar to the dizzying clarinet runs of Bulgarian wedding master Ivo Papazov. The stream runs at 320kbps, so those tuba blasts and frantic accordion lines sound crisp. You'll get Fanfare Ciocărlia's hyper-kinetic brass, then a plaintive Bosnian sevdalinka. Some tracks feel like they were recorded at a wedding in a tin shed - that's the charm. The turbo-folk segments drag a bit; too much synth for my taste. But stick aroun…