Illustration of the Archimedes automatic wind instrumentalist (image courtesy Hatje Cantz) In 2009, Tokyo’s Waseda University built a fedora-sporting flautist robot powered by cranked air. But this is ...
BAMAKO, Mali, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Islamic extremists destroyed instruments and threatened to cut out the tongues of singers as creative expression is stamped out across Mali, musicians said. Foreign rebel ...
Music in its most basic form—vocalization—saturates Islamic society: the muezzin’s call to Friday prayer and the melodious recitation of the Quran are experiences with musical as well as devotional ...
Asia Society presents the Alim and Fargana Qasimov Ensemble, offering New York audiences a rare opportunity to experience Azerbaijani classical music, or mugham, a modal art music popular among the ...
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