Ekrem Jevric
Ekrem Jevric - "the Balkan Borat" who reunited the ex-Yugoslavia
There is very difficult to find a person in ex-Yugoslavia (central-southern Europe), who doesn't know anything about Ekrem Jevric (also known as "Gospoda"). He is an Internet phenomena who became famous practically over night with his music video Kuca-poso (eng. House - work). The song sings about culture shock hitting the immigrants. And how does he explain his fame and glory? "The people obviously realised that my song consists of nothing but the truth" he says.

Lhasa de Sela | Singer & Songwriter
Life is a Living Road
Listening recently to NPR's 2005 interview with Lhasa de Sela, also known by the mononym Lhasa, I found the singer enigmatic and emotional. I identify with her story of moving from place to place since I, too, moved from south to north and from country to country as a child. "I've realized that the human capacity for suffering is so huge that if you can just scratch someone and an ocean of sadness will come out," she said in an interview. "You don't have to be living all these dramatic confl...

Molly Bee - Singer
Molly Bee - Country Music Singer
As a kid I remember Mollybee singing on television. She appeared on several programs, one being Townhall. She appeared as a regular on Hometown Jamboree, a television program with Tennessee Ernie Ford. Molly Bee appears as Pinky Lee's sidekick on the Pinky Lee Show in the 50s. She also did a commercial for Stanley Chevolet. She was very popular in her day, and I remember my sister wanting to imitate her. Mollybee was very pretty and could really belt out the songs. Her first major recording s...