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Barno Ishakova (1927-2001) - B. Iskhakova sings Tajik songs - LP released in...
Here we present an LP we recently aquired, unfortunately with a generic cover. But anyway, it is the first LP by this great artist we ever got. She is considered to be the greatest female voice in...
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Arifkhan Khatamov, Khakimdzhan Faiziyev & Akhrarkhon Khatamov – Classical...
Here an LP by the great Arifkhan Khatamov (Orifxon Xatamov), the most important representative of the Maqom tradition of the Ferghana Valley of his generation. Unfortunately the LP came with a generic...
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Makoms - From Uzbek People‘s Musical Legacy - Double LP released in Soviet...
Here a very interesting anthology of Makom traditions of Uzbekistan with older, partly very rare recordings from the years 1955 to 1984. The first LP is devoted to Shashmaqam. Side 3 has samples of the...
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Iskhak Katayev - On the pages of Tajik Makoms - LP released in Soviet...
Iskhak (Isoq or Isaac) Katayev (d. 2006) was a famous singer of the Shashmaqam of Bukhara. He belonged - as so many of the Shashmaqam singers - to the Jewish community and emigrated at the end of his...
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Jan Jan - Bakhshi Music from Turkmenistan - LP released in Soviet...
Here we start to post a series of three rare LPs of the music of the Bakhshis (bards) of Turkmenistan. Our friend Werner Durand contibuted these to our blog. Many thanks to him for his very generous...
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Napevy Dutara - Dotar Tunes - Turkmen folk melodies - LP released in 1984 in...
Here another beautiful LP from Soviet Turkmenistan, contributed by our friend Werner Durand. This one is a purely instrumental one by three great Dotar players. It was recorded in 1981 and released in...
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People's Melodies of Turkmenistan - LP released in Soviet Turkmenistan in 1979
Here our third LP from Turkmenistan from the collection of Werner Durand. Side 1 has Bakhshi music by N. Gulov, accompanied by Dotar and Gidjak, and the first two tracks on side 2 are also Bakhshi...
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Dariush Tala'i (Setar) - The Instrumental Radif of Persian Music - Radif of...
Before we proceed on our journey further towards Afghanistan and India, we return back to Iran for another unexpected post by Dariush Tala'i. We received this box recently as a gift from a very dear...
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Musiqi-e Milal-e Musalman - Music of the Islamic People: India, Pakistan,...
On the 9th of August 2018 we posted two cassettes out of this box. Now we have the complete box again and decided, to post it. The post of 9th of August we have deleted.This box was published by the...
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Edalat (Adalat) Nasibov - Ashiq from Azerbaijan - A private cassette from a...
Before proceeding to Afghanistan on our journey towards Pakistan and India, we post one more cassette by Edalat Nasibov, the brilliant Ashiq from Azerbaijan. I just discovered it a couple of days ago...
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Afghanistan - A Musical Anthology of the Orient 3 - Unesco Collection - LP...
Here we post an early LP devoted to the music of Afghanistan. This is perhaps the most beautiful anthology of Afghan music ever published, because of its musical quality and the variety it offers.It...
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Folk Music of Afghanistan - Vol. 1 - LP released in the US in 1971
This LP is a contribution by our friend Werner Durand. Many thanks to him. It contains fieldrecordings of authentic folk music (Mahali) of different regions of Afghanistan. It leaves out the urban...
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Folk Music of Afghanistan - Vol. 2 - LP released in the US in the early 1970s
Here Vol. 2, also a contribution by our friend Werner Durand. Many thanks to him. It contains more fieldrecordings of authentic folk music (Mahali) of different regions of Afghanistan. It leaves out...
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Afghanistan - Music from Kabul - LP released in the US in 1973
Here another Afghanistan LP contributed by our friend Werner Durand: this time music from Kabul with some very beautiful instrumental pieces and some with vocals. Many thanks to Werner.flacmp3
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Ismail and Hamidullah - Folk Music from Afghanistan - From an Afghani Cassette
Cover of the original cassette.Here another very beautiful cassette from pre-Taliban times by the great Hamidullah Charikari together with his older brother Ismail. I'm not sure if they are really...
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Hamidullah Charikari - Afghan Music - Cassette from Afghanistan
Cover of the original cassette.Here another beautiful cassette by Hamidullah Charikari. This is the fourth one we post. Our friend KF made years ago a CD with nice covers out of the cassette. Many...
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Haj Saifuddin - Logari Music - Cassette from Afghanistan
Here a beautiful cassette by a singer who was very popular in Afghanistan.See on him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaifoThese singers used to always accompany themselves on the Tambur, a long-necked...
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Zaman Shawqi - Cassette from Afghanistan
Here another beautiful cassette of folk music from Afghanistan. In 2011 we had already posted another cassette by the artist.flacmp3
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Essa Kassimi - Le Luth Afghan - LP released in France in 1979
Now we start a small series of Rubab recordings. First a French LP which was widely present in the record shops back then. The artist lives in Cologne, Germany.flacmp3
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Essa Kassemi - Singing and Rubab Playing from Afghanistan - A WDR radio...
Here we post a radio program on music from Afghanistan broadcast by WDR (Western German Radio) in Cologne on 31st of August 1983s. I received this recently from my friend KF. He made notes on the...
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