Interviews and Critics
 
-Danas October 27 2000 “Pastoral Honky Tonk”
“…these guys and their unsurpassable lady destroy all shameless dregs, coatings and poison ivy that are stuck on authe- ntic Balkan music expression for a long time, and without any old city’s songs or dance digresses get to the essence…”
-Huper 2000 “Neo-Swing is in Fashion”
“…to all that, upright bassist & unofficial boss of the band (Havana Whisper) Djordje Stijepovic says: This style nobody has played here before us, and we know to play and to make people dance…”
-Reporter August 9 2000 “Kings of Neo-Swing”
“…reactions to their gig showed us that we were waiting for this kind of concert in this city for years… at almost every place they’re accepted like sensation…”
-Energoprojekt July 2000 “Ana Marija’s Exhibit”
“… it was completed by Djordje Stijepovic, student of Music University and leader of the band Havana Whisper, who was trying to explain Ana Marija’s work through music with his playing – synthesis of jazz, rock and classical music. Thanking to everybody, she said that her biggest present was exactly this music…”
-Danas March 13 2000 “Invitation to a Dance”
“… luckily, Havana Whisper turned over whole thing and lead it to truly wild fields, with thunder and lightning filled swing, that was look like matchbox on speed…”
-Super Tin April 2000 “Havana Whisper”
“… young band… with upright bassist that will set the stage on fire one day with his notes and motions, for sure…”
-Blic News April 12 2000 “Evening when Everybody was Dancing”
“…and then they entered… the seven piece neo-swing attraction Havana Whisper. In packed club, everybody was excited, even hard core kids danced swing…”
-Danas September 5/6 1998 “Inkwell of Underground Folk”
“… upright bass as on wings of bat on the side… concert of Balkan Music Club like it was performed part on King Arthur’s palace and part in imaginative scenography of Edgar Allan Poe’s Ligeia…”
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