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Smithsonian Folkways series explores the Music of Central Asia

Smithsonian Folkways and the Aga Khan Music Initiative have released the following recordings so far in the ongoing Music of Central Asia series: Vol. 1: Tengir-Too: Mountain Music from Kyrgyzstan (2006) Vol.

Smithsonian Folkways and the Aga Khan Music Initiative have released the following recordings so far in the ongoing Music of Central Asia series:

Vol. 1: Tengir-Too: Mountain Music from Kyrgyzstan (2006)

Vol. 2: Invisible Face of the Beloved: Classical Music of the Tajiks and Uzbeks (2006)

Vol. 3: Homayun Sakhi: The Art of the Afghan Rubâb (2006)

Vol. 4: Bardic Divas: Women's Voices in Central Asia (2007)

Vol. 5: The Badakhshan Ensemble: Song and Dance from the Pamir Mountains (2007)

Vol. 6: Alim and Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan (2007)

Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond (2010)

Vol. 8: Rainbow featuring Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi (2010)

Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals (2010)

For more information on the series visit www.folkways.si.edu/find_ recordings/CentralAsia.aspx