Emily
On writing 2: voice, the constant pain of
This year I was asked to describe my relationship to my voice. It was not difficult for me to put the words on paper, but my instinctual...
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Sep 1
On writing 1
Today's post comes to you from Galway, on the west coast of Ireland, where we're trying to soak in a few warm days of summer. I woke up...
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Emily
Mar 24
This week: Experimental
The third installment of “This week”, where I reflect on some things. Bear with me. I think about experimentation a lot these days. I am...
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Emily
Mar 3
This week: Eurovision blues
“This week,” a new series on my blog where I talk about whatever, with regularity. This week, the winners of both Croatia and Serbia’s...
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Emily
Feb 18
This Week: Gaye Su Akyol in Belgrade
This blog post is the first of what I intend to be a somewhat regular weekly roundup of what I’m up to in the Ottoman ecumene. When I saw...
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Emily
Dec 31, 2023
18 things I listened to from the Ottoman Ecumene in 2023 (in no particular order)
I like writing and posting my list on the last day of the year. It gives me maximum time in this arbitrary period to listen to new things...
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Emily
Dec 21, 2023
A note from Emily in the Ottoman Ecumene
Emily in the Ottoman Ecumeme has been on a bit of a hiatus over the past several months because I, Emily, have had some big life changes!...
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Emily
Dec 7, 2023
Forgotten Songs of the Zadar Arbanasi in Kosovo 2.0
Hey! It's been a while. I'll be back with some updates, posts and end-of-year lists soon, but I wanted to share that last week, online...
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Emily
Jun 25, 2023
Ljubismo se, hej, lane moje (434)
To read about my project on Velika Narodna Lira, see my introduction post here. I absolutely love this up-tempo number. There is very...
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Emily
Jun 18, 2023
Lastavice, lasto, grom te ubio (414)
It's been a while! I'm back with a short little Velika Narodna Lira post about a song I've been singing for months. Enjoy! Lastavice,...
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Emily
Dec 31, 2022
16 things I listened to from the Ottoman ecumene in 2022
This has been a crazy year for Emily in the Ottoman Ecumene. My blog post on Konstrakta reached almost 800 people and made a splash on...
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Emily
Dec 11, 2022
Kad su se dva Bracanina (329)
If you’re like me, right about this time of year you start wishing you were by the sea. And what’s better than a good Dalmatian song to...
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Emily
Nov 20, 2022
A few performances in 2022
Although I had the opportunity to perform multiple times in 2022, I’d like to share three that stood out. In May, I went with Ženska...
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Emily
Aug 18, 2022
Emily in the Ottoman Ecumene on the town!
In June, I published my first blog post on a website that is not Emily in the Ottoman Ecumene! Kosovo 2.0 published my piece “Let’s light...
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Emily
Mar 10, 2022
Serbia’s Eurovision entry is NOT a “bizarre” pop song about Meghan Markle’s hair
In the minutes, hours, and days following the announcement that Konstrakta (Ana Đurić) would represent Serbia at Eurovision with her song...
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Emily
Feb 7, 2022
Milkina kuća na kraju (278)
Unlike many of the previous songs, the popular title of this one is the first line of the third verse. This is likely because the lyrics...
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Emily
Jan 5, 2022
Performances in 2021
With the women’s singing group of Bojana Nikolić’s School of Serbian and traditional singing (Ženska pevačka grupa, Škola srpskog i...
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Emily
Dec 31, 2021
21 songs I listened to from the Ottoman ecumene in 2021 (mostly in no particular order)
This year I listened to the same songs over and over again, and although they were excellent, I did not explore as I would have liked to....
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Emily
Aug 4, 2021
Canule, bajole
I've been working on this post for a long time because of the translation, which was a bit tricky! (That's why it's out of alphabetical...
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Emily
Aug 2, 2021
Igralo je zetsko kolo (250)
Today, I arrived in Kotor. It’s the first time I’ve been here in 11 years. And coincidentally, I have a song from the Bay of Kotor (Boka...
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