Perper in Montenegro
One might very well get the opportunity to hear Perper play in many countries in Europe, but there’s something very exciting about hearing a band play in the country they call home. Montenegro is a perfect place for this perfectly eclectic band, and the geography here is as varied as their music. It’s probably a pretty safe bet to call it old fashioned rock and roll, because the screams and the guitars are definitely in tune with those rhythms, but there are enough elements to make it fall uncomfortably in the category of rock.
Drawing heavily on jazz traditions, as well as the traditional musical traditions of the Balkans, a concert will move in many directions at once. This is something that’s very characteristic of any art form in Montenegro in general, where its unusual history has made it simultaneously a community isolated by its own rough terrain, but also unusually tuned in to the cultural offerings from the world at large. Together, the boys who have pretty much grown up together, and meeting again at universities in Novi Sad and Belgrade , have crafted something very exciting. They have played thousands of concerts since they started working together in the early 90s, and their popularity suggests this will go on for a long time to come.
It is a wonderful thing, then, to have the chance to stay at a hotel in Montenegro , and find out that it’s also perfect timing for a Perver concert. It is loud, and it is fast, but it’s also capable of moving into moments that are like a kind of rock lullaby. The musicians are all very skilled at moving from mood to mood, and making sure to keep the crowd very energized through all of it. World music is always exciting, and this is some of the most beloved of the local sounds.
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