Monday, June 27 2011
Kambar Kalendarov and Kutman Sultanbekov: JAW
Where else are you going to find this much jaw harp on a single album?
Monday, November 8 2010
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
Here is a folk-pop duet. Here is a rock song. Here is a man on a rubab. Here is a singer performing in a traditional style.
Monday, October 5 2009
Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo: Eternal
If you had to sum this album up in one note it would be a long vibration -- something like the extended chime of a bell.
Thursday, June 25 2009
Mamer: Eagle
Mamer demystifies the experience of Chinese Central Asian music and keeps the beauty of the sound.
