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Ana Popovi\u0107 (Belgrade, 1976) began her career in the late 1990s with the blues quartet Hush, whose sole album, \u201cHometown\u201d, was released in 1998. She then moved to the Netherlands to study jazz, forming a blues band and launching her solo career. Her first solo album, \u201cHush\u201d, followed in 2001. Today, Popovi\u0107 is an international blues artist with 14 albums and three DVDs, Billboard chart-toppers and ten Blues Music Award nominations. She has performed at major blues festivals and six consecutive Experience Hendrix tours, sharing stages with Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde and Eric Johnson. Bruce Springsteen has praised her as \u201cone helluva a guitar-player\u201d. Her latest album, \u201cDance to the Rhythm\u201d (2025), explores dance-oriented grooves and features her version of Paul Simon\u2019s \u201c50 Ways to Leave Your Lover\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","artists-tag":[15],"class_list":["post-5531","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artists-tag-21-10"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAna Popovi\u0107 - 42. Belgrade Jazz Festival 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bjf.rs\/en\/artists\/ana-popovic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ana Popovi\u0107 - 42. 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