Tag: Afghanistan

• ‘Azerbaijani Gitara’ is a scorching retro blast of psych’ by Rüstəm Quliyev – Bongo Joe’s new comp’ immortalises this guitar pioneer and musical polymath

  Bongo Joe are back again with more psychedelic wedding music – this time Azerbaijan Gitara is a nine-track reissue compilation of legendary Azerbaijani guitarist, Rüstəm Quliyev (we loved previous BJ compilation Maghreb K7 Club Synth that explored electronic folk music from Algeria via Lyon – Ed.). The styles that BJ unearth and reissue are so valuable,…

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  August 12, 2020

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  Afghan dance-pop, Afghanistan, Ahmad Zair, Algeria, Azerbaijan Gitara, Ben Wheeler, Eurasia, gitari, Les Disques Bongo Joe, Lyon, Rafiq Hüseynov, Rüstəm Quliyev, Rəmiş, Stefan Williamson Fa

• Inspirational Zohra Afghan women’s orchestra is honored with Freemuse Award

  This is Zohra – the first and only all female orchestra in Afghanistan. They are all students at the National Institute of Music (ANIM) and have been honored with a special award. The Freemuse Award is given to an individual or an organisation that “has worked for freedom of musical expression in a remarkable way”.…

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  January 24, 2017

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  Afghanistan, ANIM, Dr Ahmad Sarmast, National Institute of Music, Taliban, Zohra