Confession time - I was not aware that there is a country called Kyrgzystan.
I am familiar with a few of the "Stans" but not this one. It would get you an impressive score at Scrabble.
Wiki informs me that Kyrgyzstan officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked county in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south and China to the east and south east. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's over 7 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians
As far as music is concerned Google and You Tube were my first ports of call. Apparently Kyrgyz music is mainly nomadic and rural and closely related to Turkmen and Kazakh folk forms.Today's choices are pretty much at random.
First up is some Jaw Harp music called Mazgil Jangyrgy (Echoes of Time) by Kambar Kalendarov & Kulman Sultanbelov which is available on Bandcamp
Next we have the Faran Essembly who have an entry in Discogs. From their 2013 album Faran here is Dune.
Finally we have a Kyrgyz Folk song by Komuz Demi called Asel and Amurat
Hopefully next weeks music will be easier to source. It certainly should by radically different
Kambar Kalendarov & Kulman Sultanbelov - Mazgil Jangyrgy (Echoes of Time)
I might have to buy that first album you feature.
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