The management team of the Heydar Aliyev Azerbaijan Cultural Center in Tashkent has visited the Uzbekistan State Academy of ...

A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, left, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon pose after signing documents in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on April 18, 2024. Tajikistan has been under one man's rule for ...

The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades.

We have an abundance of artists - you know, Uzbek dance music, Crimean music influenced by American jazz or American funk. If you were from, let's say, Tajikistan next door, you had more of those ...