Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE -- The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm on miniature drums. “I feel peace ...

The study of ethnomusicology focuses on music in its cultural context. Typically, an ethnomusicological approach departs from and resists scholarly approaches in studying western art music traditions ...

This Thursday, August 8, American soprano Renée Fleming makes a special guest appearance with the Afghanistan Youth Orchestra (AYO) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. In a free, livestreamed ...

OXFORD, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ahmad Naser Sarmast has braved death threats, intimidation and a Taliban suicide bomb attack to bring his Afghan women's orchestra, currently performing ...

AMHERST — On Friday night, Afghan traditional music virtuoso Salar Nader and his Afghan Music Project played The Drake in Amherst. The tabla artist and another traditional master musician, Quraishi, ...

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by Pakistan threatens this community of exiles. By Elian Peltier Visuals by Asim ...