Yuri Yunakov

Yuri Yunakov is a Bulgarian Romani musician, who is known for participating in the development of Bulgarian wedding music, and introducing it to the United States."Roma Sax Man of Bulgaria: Yuri Yunakov talks with Christina Roden about wedding music and life in America" www.rootsworld.com He grew up in a Muslim family in Thrace, and started playing music as a boy, sitting in with his father's band. He eventually took up the clarinet, the same instrument as his father.... meer