Vinko Brnada

Vinko Brnada was a Bosnian folk singer, a performer of sevdalinka and of the folk songs of central Bosnia. He was born on 1 June 1946, lived in Bugojno and recorded for more than three decades, from the singles of the 1970s to his last albums at the end of the 2000s.

His first recorded song, "Nećemo pitat' za prošlost", dates from 1976, and a run of singles on Diskoton of Sarajevo followed, among them "Reci majko sviračima" in 1977 and "Rastasmo se u proljeće" in 1978. On the Diskos label he released "I jesen plače za nama" with "Suze na jastuku" in 1979, "Vjeruješ li u ljubav na prvi pogled" the same year and "Svako svome mora da se vraća" in 1980. He sang at the Ilidža folk festival in 1979 and 1983, and in 1982 he shared a compilation with Safet Isović and Hanka Paldum.

His albums include Zvezdo sjajna, pozdravi mi dragu (1982), Kaži mala svojoj nani (1984), an album with the ensemble of Dragan Stojković Bosanac (1985) and Volim život, volim piće (1989). He kept recording after 2000: Gori vatra in 2003, then for the Renome label Pjesma o Bugojnu in 2005, Pitao sam mnoge and Viza in 2009, and he returned to the Ilidža festival in 2008.

Vinko Brnada died on 7 December 2020 in Nova Bila. His songs of love, taverns, emigrants and home, among them "Pjesma o Bugojnu", "Imam sina u tuđini", "Australija" and "Isprati me sa stanice", are gathered in the playlist here.