Does it make any sense to make world music a genre, as we lump together African drumming, Indian raga, Tuvan throat singing and the music of hundreds of other cultures into one big other, distinct ...

Uncompromising, sacrilegious, and intense – Kadapat is one of the best hidden talents in Bali’s promising music scene. Finding Kadapat is a journey in itself. There is barely any footage of its ...

The island of Bali, off the Java coast of Indonesia, has a rich heritage of musical instruments. Bamboo, being endemic to the region, is the natural material for making musical instruments like flute ...

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