(BIANET/IFEX) – According to broadcasting editor Mehmet Arslan of Radio Dunya, a case brought against the station for playing the Kurdish folk song “Mihemedo” in 2007 has ended in acquittal. However, ...

For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform. But efforts to preserve Kurdish culture have suffered.

Folk singer Raziye Kizil has been subjected to ongoing judicial harassment for singing Kurdish folk songs; she currently faces a total of 10 years in prison on related charges.

Koma Amed was one of the first bands called "Kom" (Band in Kurdish) in the 1990s. They read Kurdish folk songs in a folk-jazz style. They worked on traditional Kurdish music experimentally and ...

Broadcasting editor Arslan of Radio Dünya says that a case brought against the station for playing the folk song Mihemendo two years ago has ended in acquittal. But another case is still in court.

Last year, Chakar performed in Turkey for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Armenian composer Komitas Vartabed, singing Kurdish folk songs by Komitas at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in ...

Day two of South by Southwest amplified diversity with Dawn Richard, Kurdish heavy folk, and a New Africa showcase. Here's our highlights.

A pair of local musicians brought some traditional Kurdish music to the halls of Hector. It's one of many mini concerts the FM Arts Partnership is hosting at the airport throughout the summer.

When the jihadists attacked Kobane in late 2014, and heavy fighting turned the town into a symbol of Kurdish resistance, the sisters fled across the border to Turkey. After several unhappy months in ...

The sound of dahol drums and zurna flutes echoed everywhere, mixed with modern Kurdish folk songs played from loudspeakers. According to Akre’s directorate of tourism, some 88,000 people ...