Tag: Muslim Shaggan

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For roughly half of the year I listened to everything, almost or near enough. Then I wilted, or the opposite of that, for come the summer I perked up in my stool and began to listen to summer ambiances like the chirping of birds, the splashing of hose pipes and water pistols or the sizzling of a barbecue. As...

Over the populous span of South Asia, a region which stretches across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka while often regarded as incorporating Afghanistan, musicians of the Hindustani classical tradition are linked and identified according to their gharana, a system of lineage and apprenticeship which indicates their adherence to a particular musical style. When it comes...