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Along the Tarim arrives October 27, 2026 — a new musical release inspired by the Tarim River, childhood dreams, and the pull of a homeland that never quite lets go.

Along the Tarim arrives October 27, 2026 — a new musical release inspired by the Tarim River, childhood dreams, and the pull of a homeland that never quite lets go.

The Doshpuluur (Tuvan: дошпулуур, Chinese:图瓦三弦 ) is a Tuvan lute made from wood, usually pine or larch. The doshpuluur is played by plucking and strumming. There are different designs of doshpuluur. One version has a semi-rectangular soundbox, which is covered on both sides by goatskin and has no frets on the beck. The other has a rounded soundbox made mostly of wood with a small goat or snakeskin covering over the front side, although hard to find it is said that this varian

Сонау алыс ауылда（Kazakh Version） Сонау алыс ауылда, Қалды – ау сүйген жар. Аттанарда қош дей алмай, Болдым – ой, зар қайран жалған. Кең даланың шөлінде, Құлазыдым, Кең деуші еді бұл дүние, Не деген тар қайран жалған. Көз шаршады қайтайын Қарлы таудан. Неге ерте енбедік біз, Нардың салған қайран жалған. Айрылдық па шынымен, Туған жерден. Бота боздап сорлаған ел, Көші ауған қайран жалған. Out at That Far Away Place（English Version） Out on an encampment far away, Sits my

The Duyuglar (Chinese spelling: Dù yóu gélā ěr (杜尤格拉尔); Tuvan spelling: дуюглар (meaning "horse hooves")), is a self-sounding perc

Learn more about this rare instrument from western China.

The twelve-string guitar, as its name suggests, is the "12-string guitar". The number of strings is large and the width of the neck is widened. You must press two strings at the same time. The charm is that you can play the six-string guitar with a kind of natural harmony added. The wide-range range of sound truly adds power. The 12-string modulation is the same as the corresponding substring chord, and a given string and its corresponding substring are one octave apart. Chor

Byzaanchy (Tuva: бызаанчы; Russian: Бизанчи; also transliterated as byzanchi or byzanchie) is a four-string vertical “huqin” used within traditional tuvan music. Tuvans who play Byzaanchy number fewer than Tuvans that play Igil. In fact, the look is similar to an instrument called sihu in China. However, the byzaanchy's resonator hull is usually made of wood or the horn of a cow, while the sihu tends to have a metal base. Byzaanchy's hull can be cylindrical or less commonly s

Living Mythologies releases the Human Conditions EP

Beautiful Festival above the Guizhou lowlands.