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Music of Central Asia Vol. 10: Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route Duration 5:26 In these exuberant recordings, pipa master Wu Man and her Uyghur, Tajik, and Hui collaborators explore connections...
Tengir-Too: Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan Duration 5:27 The Tengir-Too is a new ensemble that plays old music. Founded and directed by Nurlanbek Nyshanov, Tengir-Too provides a voice for Kyrgyz music.
Revitalizing Shashmaqâm: Court Music of Central Asia Duration 6:24 Maqâm-i Râst is one of the six maqâms, or suites, which constitute the systematically organized repertory of Central Asian classical music known as Shashmaqâm.
Homayun Sakhi Duration 6:48 Homayun Sakhi is the outstanding Afghan rubâb player of his generation, a brilliant virtuoso endowed with a charismatic musical presence and personality.
Bardic Divas: Women's Voices in Central Asia Duration 5:37 This film introduces ten remarkable women whose voices and instruments have made a deep imprint on the soundscape of central asia in our own time.
Music and Dance in the Pamir Mountains Duration 5:45 The Badakhshan Ensemble takes its name from the mountainous region that comprises the sparsely populated eastern half of Tajikistan and northeast Afghanistan.
Mugham: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan Duration 5:53 Mugham and its cognate repertoires are all regionally specific but represent what is at root a common musical language.
Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond Duration 5:38 Generations of Uzbek and Tajik singer-songwriters bequeathed a remarkable legacy of lyrical ballads, devotional songs, and instrumental pieces.
Making of the album "Rainbow" Duration 7:19 A bold collaboration between America's premier new music quartet, Azerbaijan's best-loved traditional singer, and the leading Afghan rubâb player of his generation.
Making of the album "In the Footsteps of Babur" Duration 4:14 Six musicians from Central Asia, Afghanistan, Northern India, were brought together with the aim of merging their musical instruments and traditions to create new sounds.
Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative Duration 9:32 Overview video about The Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia (AKMICA) production with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to produce the Music of Central Asia series.
Khöömei Throat-Singing Duration 0:54 Throat-singing, a guttural style of singing or chanting, is one of the world's oldest forms of music. Throat-singers often imitate sounds of the natural surroundings.
Throat-Singing Lesson Duration 3:01 Mark van Tongeren, an ethnomusicologist specializing in khöömei throat-singing, teaches the technique.
