"This album ranges gloriously from Tajik rap to the Kazakhstan National Ensemble of the Presidential Orchestra, from taxi-driver favourites to the masterful instrumentalist on the long-necked lutes that define the music of the region....[and] includes popular singers who have appeared in the West as well as lesser-known hidden treasures"--Container. Subtitle taken from container insert. Various performers. Compilation of previously released material; compiled by Simon Broughton. "Produced by World Music Network in association with Rough Guides"--Container. Compact disc. Program notes about the performers and the music in English by Simon Broughton ([10] pages : col. illustrations, ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Adai / Ulytau (Kazakhstan) (3:08) -- Fergana tanovar / Turgun Alimatov & Alisher Alimatov (Uzbekistan) (2:54) -- Adolatingman (Tanovar) / Sevara Nazarkhan (Uzbekistan) (4:39) -- From the station to the mill / Ashkabad (Turkmenistan) (2:43) -- Devonah shaw / Davlatmand (Tajikistan) (5:04) -- Aktamak Köktamak / Abdorahman Nurak (Kryrgyzstan) (3:27) - Schoch va gado / Yulduz Usmanova (Uzbekistan) (6:47) -- Yod kardam / Farzin (Tajikistan) (4:11) -- Sary-arqa / Abdulkhamit Rayimbergenov (Kazakhstan) (1:49) -- Akku / Raushan Orazbaeva (Kazakhstan) (4:59) -- Az ghami tu / Nobovar & Shams Group (Tajikistan) (4:43) -- Jygach ooz komuz / Kambarkan Folk Ensemble (1:58) -- Gongurbash mukamy / Yagmyr Nurgeldyev (Turkmenistan) (2:51) -- Song of Karkara / Ayjemal Ilyasova (Turkmenistan) (4:23) -- Zhez-kiik / National Ensemble of the Presidential Orchestra (Kazakhstan) (1:56) -- Oz'begim / Sherali Juraev (Uzbekistan) (3:42) -- Garduni dugah / Ari Babakhanov & Ensemble (Uzbekistan) (3:46) -- [Untitled] / Munadjat Yulchieva (Uzbekistan) (4:16) -- Bul bul zaman / Edil Husainov (Kazakhstan) (4:03).
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