The
spring issue of Smithsonian
Folkways Magazine chronicles the cross-cultural
collaborations that resulted in Rainbow,
Volume 8 of the Music of Central Asia
Series.
Read
about how Azerbaijani singers Alim and Fargana
Qasimov, Afghan rubāb player Homayun
Sakhi, and American group Kronos Quartet moved
beyond superficial grooves towards a deeper music
connection.
The
Music of Central
Asia series, a co-production of Smithsonian
Folkways and the Aga Khan Music Initiative, currently features
nine CD/DVD sets.
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Smithsonian
Folkways Trivia! Each
month we'll ask a trivia question; email your
answer, name, and address with the subject "April
Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu
by May 1st, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct
answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!
April Question: The tar, a plucked lute
featured on the Music of Central
Asia, Vol. 8, is widely considered the
national instrument of what country?
Congratulations to last month's winner, Joanne,
from Santa Rosa, CA, who was randomly selected after
correctly answering "Afghanistan" to March's question: The
rubāb, a lute-like instrument with a mixture of melody, drone,
and sympathetic strings, is featured in the music from this
Central Asian country? Hint Homayun Sakhi plays rubāb on
three volumes of the Music of Central
Asia Series.
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