11 Hours – Kyrgyzstan Sessions (self-released, 2025) Jaw harp collective 11 Hours gathers virtuoso players from Russia, the United States, Kyrgyzstan, and Sakha (Yakutia) for…
Kyrgyzstan Jaw Harp Sessions Leap Across Time Zones
Tag: Kyrgyz music
Artist Profiles: Tengir-Too
Tengir-Too is a contemporary ensemble that plays traditional music. The group takes its name from the mountain range that towers over the high mountain passes…
Artist Profiles: Bakyt Chytyrbaev
Kyrgyz musician Bakyt Chytyrbaev came across the kyl-kyjak in his early 20s. While traveling in neighboring Tajikistan he saw it in the hands of a…
Artist Profiles: Nurak Abdrakhmanov
Kyrgyz musician Nurak Abdrakhmanov was born in 1946. It was right after the end of World War 2. Nurak’s father and grandfather, both komuz players,…
Artist Profiles: Akylbek Serkebaev
Akylbek Serkebaev hails from Kadji Sai village in Issyk-Kul oblast, Kyrgyzstan. Mr. Serkebaev graduated from the State Music College in Prjevalsk, Kyrgyzstan in 1981, specializing…