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Music.Monstercritics.com, Cd Review >>
Smithsonian Folkways is sweeping away the veil from Central Asian music with this new series exploring the richly diverse and entirely beautiful musical traditions of the region.
Each gorgeously packaged set contains a disc of newly recorded music performed by master musicians, excellent liner notes (including full English translations of song texts) and a DVD that brings vivid context to the performances (the Kyrgyz film offers particularly stunning footage with breathtaking scenery). While the Afghanistan set, featuring rubab (stringed lute) virtuoso Homayun Sakhi and tabla player Toryalai Hashimi, is probably the most immediately entrancing for new listeners, these first three entries of a planned 10-volume series will make novices and experts alike hungry for the next installment.
In the meantime, all three are must-haves for anyone interested in world music. 04/18/06 >> go there
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