Lala Kovačev Group has been played on NTS in shows including Donna Leake, featured first on 30 April 2019. Songs played include Emina.

Lala Kovačev Group was founded in 1982 by extraordinary inventive drummer Lala Kovacev. The group played unique and original jazz fusion style based on traditional Balkan folklore and jazz, and released three albums with different musician lineups from 1982 to 1987:

Personnel on “Balkan Impressions” (1982) :

Branislav Lala Kovačev - drums Paul Grabowsky - piano Gunter Klatt - tenor & soprano saxophone Jovan Maljoković - tenor & soprano saxophone Vojin "Mališa" Draškoci - bass, el. bass Ljubomir Dimitrijević - fife, rog (horn), gajde (bagpipes), zurla Nenad "Sexy" Jelić - percussions

Personnel on “Balkan Impressions Vol.2” (1985) :

Lala Kovačev - drums, Vojin “Mališa” Draškoci - bass, Ljubomir Dimitrijević - fife, rog (horn), gajde (bagpipes), zurla, Nenad Jelić - percussions, Paul Grabowsky - piano, Gunter Klatt - tenor & sopran saxophone, Jovan “Joe” Miković - tenor & sopran saxophone Vlatko Stefanovski - guitar Georgi “Goce” “Dimitrovski - trumpet Vladeta “Bata Kanda” Kandić - accordion, vocal Branko Macić - guitar

Personnel on “Izvorni Folklor i Džez Lale Kovačeva” (1987) :

Lala Kovacev Jazz Quintet:

Lala Kovačev - drums Vlatko Stefanovski - guitar Vojin “Mališa” Draškoci - bass Georgi “Goce” Dimitrovski - trumpet, Uroš Šecerov - percussion

Singing Group “Paganke” (Svetlana Đurić, Julija Perić, Kristina Stojković, Verica Gajević)

Dobrivoje Todorović Fife Four (Dobrivoje Todorović, Mile Jovanović, Dragoljub Nešković, Tomislav Mihajlović)

Feat Sejdić’s Brass Orchestra (from Bojnik Village, Serbia)