Description: Home page of Blato Zlato, a world group from New Orleans, LA. Blato Zlato is a New Orleans-based Balkan band that puts a contemporary twist on traditional folk music from Eastern Europe.
Blato Zlato About Music Shows EPK Merch Contact “ Aggressive… a band rocking out with exotic sounds….gorgeous voices…The best moments happen when the [vocal] harmonies meet with the band’s rolling thunder.” — Offbeat Magazine
Based in New Orleans with additional members in Bulgaria, New Mexico, and California, Blato Zlato is an all-women contemporary folk ensemble that performs driving and ecstatic compositions in the lineage of Eastern European traditional music. With a repertoire encompassing invigorating and distinctly modern arrangements of traditional Bulgarian folk songs as well as Bulgarian language-based original music, Blato Zlato’s mission is to connect listeners with Eastern European ancestry and heritage, to spark ex
Blato Zlato has toured extensively throughout the United States and in Europe, gaining a loyal international following. The group was celebrated upon their two tours of Bulgaria in 2018 and 2019, inspiring young Bulgarians who, due to the scars left behind by communism, had previously rejected their nation's folklore, to reconnect with their heritage. The group has been featured live several times on Bulgarian National Television and Radio and has appeared on Folk Radio UK, NYC Radio Live, and the Village V