The musical guest at Coldplay’s recent concert in Bucharest, Romania, was booed by fans for singing manele, a genre of Romanian pop-folk. The four-piece rock band was performing at the city’s ...

Manele has always been one of the most controversial music genres in Romania. It is mainly played by Roma musicians, and some dislike this style because they say it comes with a rather superficial ...

Coldplay were booed for performing with a manele artist Babasha in Bucharest. Why do their Romanian fans feel so strongly about an artist racking up millions of streams?

A musical guest at Coldplay’s Romania gig this week was booed for singing manele at their concert earlier this week.

But Manele – a Turkish-sounding electro-folk which originated in Romania in the 1980s – is proving controversial KANYE West might have some competition in the charts from a bunch of Romanian ...

Manele is the offspring of lăutari, born in part out of communist Romania’s friendly relations with assorted Middle Eastern countries in the 80s. Fraternal exchanges of factory staff were undertaken ...

Poate daca incerca o melodie a lui Gheorghe Zamfir sau muzica populara reusea sa ma bine-dispuna, dar asa a reusit doar sa ma supere. Manele la New York! Trist!”, a spus Oana Paveluc pentru Click.ro.

The musical guest at Coldplay’s recent concert in Bucharest, Romania, was booed by fans for singing manele, a genre of Romanian pop-folk. The four-piece rock band was performing at the city’s Arena ...