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Drina (Дрина in Serbian) is one of few urban groups in Yugoslavia which perform traditional Serbian songs using authentic vocal technique. It is duet and its members are Svetlana Spajic and Minja Nikolic. These two young singers also performs the songs from other Balkan areas, primarily from Bulgaria and Macedonia using vocal styles typical for these areas, but mostly their repertoire consists of traditional songs from all areas where the Serbs live or used to live (until the war events in this decade, expulsions and migrations). For their work they use exclusively field-recordings of village singing or go directly to...

Singer/songwriter and pianist, Adrina Thorpe, is a refreshing sound in adult alternative pop. Her style reflects the softer side of music, with a haunting voice and a delicate touch at the piano. Adrina has been writing songs almost as long as she can remember. Her first song was written on a rainy car ride home when she was six. "All I can remember is looking through the foggy streaked window at little bursts of light outside in the pitch black sky, hearing the sound of the car's engine, and coming up with a song that brought me to tears that...

Once a 1990s collective involving Normunds Rutkis, Roberts Gobziņš (Eastbam) and Ēriks Loks. They came up with the band name by combining the location and name of a local food product company. .