You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Armenia was one of two featured countries at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival last week in Washington D.C., and ...

Old Stories, New Retellings: Ara Sarkissian and Musaner’s Jazz Muses Inspire a Twist on Armenian Folk with Once Upon a Time “It’s about what you inherit,” declares Ara sarkissian, the composer and ...

Few are familiar with the culture and history of Armenia, a small Middle Eastern country surrounded by Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Armenians have a past which was both successful and ...

Armenian folk music has retained its compelling singularity for centuries, through all the tribulations faced by the nation and its people, but TmbaTa Orchestra show that a deep respect for this ...

Be it progressive metal bands like Tool and Meshuggah or a 19th-century poet who died at 21, jazz artist Tigran Hamaysan mines all kinds of... A Jazz Pianist Taps Armenian Folk, Metal Riffs And A ...

In order to perform and ‘conceal’ jazz, musicians translated the names of the Jazz Standards into the local language and added elements of local folk music into their performances. Note: Originally ...

1 Contest: Win Opening Night Tickets to TITANIQUE on Broadway Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble is pleased to announce three Bay Area concerts next month with renowned Armenian folk singer Hasmik ...

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Born 150 years ago, the Armenian priest and pioneering ethnomusicologist Komitas Vardapet singlehandedly forged his people’s vast and ancient musical legacy into a coherent collection, encompassing ...

Tigran Hamasyan reimagined his native homeland of Armenia through a traditional, folk-inspired jazz performance Sunday evening. Fourth-year music and political science student Kishan Patel said he ...

One of the first times that Ara Dinkjian performed on stage with his father was in New York City during the 1964 World’s Fair. Dressed in a costume that his mother sewed consisting of baggy pants, a ...

Black Sabbath‘s songs have been covered many different ways — by soul singers, jazz combos and even a fast-food-themed parody band. But it still must have been a surprise for Tony Iommi and onetime ...