Kosovo's Burning: Punk rock and Albanian rap—in a war zone

nik.mercer — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:03:03 -0800

In the winter of 2004–2005, Stu Sherman traveled to Kosovo to photograph the region and interview the young artists and musicians living in the cities there. He arrived nine months after riots reshaped the physical and political landscape of the area, and he worked mainly in the capital, Pristina. As of this writing, the final status of Kosovo is still unsettled. Serbian politicians refuse to recognize the right to an independent, sovereign Kosovo, despite pressure from the U.N. Talks to reconcile the Kosovar and Serbian views have repeatedly failed.