The Sharq Taronalari Festival of International Music takes place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan every two years. This year was the 12th edition, and my 4th time in attendance. I am happy to report that this has to have been the best one yet in my experience. As usual it provides an opportunity to hear music not generally well represented on the festival stages we are more familiar … [Read more...]
Guldoza live at WOMEX 2016
https://vimeo.com/278533335 Uzbek song is not well known here (even the pop music is obscure), but it is well worth investigating. I find that most of the traditional music coming out of Central Asia is beautiful and redolent of another time and place. That may eventually disappear with the assimilation of western harmonies and instrumentation, but thankfully the governments … [Read more...]