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New Partisans

New Partisans is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of popular music in Yugoslavia. Explore key artists and related styles.

About New Partisans

New Partisans is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of popular music in Yugoslavia.

From Wikipedia

New Partisans was a short-lived mid-1980s movement on the Yugoslav rock scene. The term was used to denote albums by Sarajevo-based bands Bijelo Dugme, Plavi Orkestar and Merlin which were characterized by pop rock and power pop sound with elements of folk music and lyrics and imagery heavily inspired by Yugoslav Partisans movement and the ideal of brotherhood and unity.

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What is New Partisans?

New Partisans is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of popular music in Yugoslavia.

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