Balkan Sis Podcast × Marina Young — A Conversation on Legacy, Identity & Healing
In this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Ivana sits down with Marina Young — singer, songwriter, mother, and storyteller — to explore her journey from childhood in war-torn Bosnia to creating music that transforms grief into beauty.
Together they discuss the emotional inspiration behind her song Make It Rain, what identity and motherhood mean to her today, and how culture, family, and loss shape the artist she’s become.
This episode is moving, thought-provoking, and full of heart — a celebration of female resilience, creative spirit, and cultural pride.
🌐 Website: Behind the Music
📸 Instagram: @marinayoung_official
📘 Facebook: Marina Young Music
▶️ YouTube: Watch “Make It Rain”
🕊 Context & History: Siege of Goražde (Wikipedia)
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The impact of Marina’s childhood and her father’s legacy on her art.
The emotional journey of writing Make It Rain — how grief becomes creative expression.
Navigating motherhood while maintaining personal purpose and passion.
The meaning of identity and belonging for women living between cultures.
How art, vulnerability, and heritage can heal and connect us all.
Make It Rain — Written and performed by Marina Young.
Stream it now on YouTube or via Marina’s official platforms.
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U ovom snažnom i dirljivom razgovoru, Ivana sjeda s Marinom Young — pjevačicom, kantautoricom, majkom i pripovjedačicom — kako bi istražile njezino putovanje od djetinjstva u ratom razor enoj Bosni do stvaranja glazbe koja tugu pretvara u ljepotu.
Zajedno razgovaraju o emocionalnoj inspiraciji iza njezine pjesme “Make It Rain”, o tome što za nju danas znače identitet i majčinstvo, te kako kultura, obitelj i gubitak oblikuju umjetnicu kakva je postala.
Ova epizoda je dirljiva, poticajna i ispunjena srcem — slavlje ženske snage, stvaralačkog duha i kulturnog ponosa.
🌐 Web stranica: Behind the Music
📸 Instagram: @marinayoung_official
📘 Facebook: Marina Young Music
▶️ YouTube: Pogledaj “Make It Rain”
🕊 Kontekst i povijest: Opsada Goražda (Wikipedia)
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📘 Facebook: Ivana Strbac Alfonso
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Utjecaj Marinina djetinjstva i očevog nasljeđa na njezinu umjetnost.
Emocionalno putovanje stvaranja pjesme Make It Rain — kako se tuga pretvara u kreativni izraz.
Kako Marina balansira majčinstvo s osobnom svrhom i strašću.
Značenje identiteta i pripadnosti za žene koje žive između kultura.
Kako umjetnost, ranjivost i nasljeđe mogu liječiti i povezivati nas sve.
🎶 Make It Rain — napisala i izvela Marina Young.
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