Only today, with all my available senses and from many angles and magical foggy depth, I have listened over and over again to Zumra, the album of two incredible artists, accordionist Merima Ključo and singer Amira Medunjanin. I have read earlier, mostly positive, even euphoric reviews of this musical masterpiece, and the only thing, in the majority of them, I do not like, is the conclusion that Amira and Merima "offered their specific way of interpreting sevdalinka." Incorrect. These two together presented the ONLY correct, aware and considerate model of (re) interpretation of sevdalinka! The way in which Amira and Merima "read" and decoded phantasmagoric sevdalinka Mehmeda majka budila: heavy, dark, bass of Merima's accordion as a background to disturbing, frightening Amira’s vocals, transposes this, so far, carelessly sung sevdalinka, to a musical horror! Another grand moment of this album is Amira's interpretation of the evergreen Bogata sam imam svega, eminently "female song" that was perpetuated by saz player Muhamed Mešanović Hamić. Amira, is this song, sings a capella, visualizing a painful female. Sazlija Hamić was Abdulah Sidran's uncle, and in Dolly Bell he was played by Pavle Vujisić. The collaboration of Master of accordion Merima Ključo and vibrant singer Amira Medunjanin is equally prolific, important and revolutionary for the Bosnian culture as the "permeating" between Emir Kusturica and Abdulah Sidran!
"Tek danas svim raspoloživim čulima, iz brojnih magičnih uglova i maglovitih dubina ispreslušavah album Zumra dviju nejverovatnih umjetnica, harmonikašice Merime Ključo i pjevačice Amire Medunjanin. Pročitao sam ranije, mahom pozitivne, pa i euforične kritike ovog muzičkog remek-djela, i jedino što mi se u većini njih ne dopada jeste konstatacija da su Merima i Amira "ponudile svoj specifičan način interpretiranja sevdalinki". Netačno. Njih su dvije, zajedno iznijele JEDINI TAČAN, osviješten i promišljen model (re)interpretiranja sevdalinki! Način na koji su Amira i Merima "pročitale" i rasplele fantazmagoričnu sevdalinku Mehmeda majka budila: težak, mračan, bas Merimine harmonike kao pozadinu uznemirujućem, jezivom Amirinom vokalu ovu do sada bezbrižno pjevanu sevdalinku transponiraju u muzički horor! Drugi veličanstven trenutak ovog albuma je Amirina interpretacija evergreena Bogata sam imam svega, eminentno "ženske pjesme" koju je ovjekovječio sazlija Muhamed Mešanović Hamić. Amira je ovu pjesmu otpjevala "na suho", bolno ženski. Sazlija Hamić je bio tetak Abdulahu Sidranu, a u Dolly Bellu ga je glumio Pavle Vujisić. Suradnja magistrice harmonike Merime Ključo i blistave pjevačice Amire Medunjanin a bosansku kulturu je podjednako plodna, važna i revolucionarna koliko i "prožimanje" Emira Kusturice i Abdulaha Sidrana!"
Senad Avdić
2009-12-29
