On August 16 and 17, the Shlewa dance group participated in the International Festival of Song and Dance, competing alongside ...

Summer is here and it's the season of wedding parties throughout Türkiye. But for some Kurdish men, women, and children, joyful dancing and singing of Kurdish political folk songs at wedding ...

Traditional Kurdish music has been a part of one family's history for decades. Now, a father is teaching his son how to carry on the family tradition.

Argun Çakır, Shifts in the Stature of Professional Music-Making in Kurdistan (or how Kurds from around Mardin Became Professional Musicians), The World of Music, Vol. 11, No. 2, New Contours in ...

Idol Kurdish music band of the 1990s announced their reunion and released a new acoustic version of an old song. The groom wearing a yellow, red, and green shawl during the wedding and guests singing ...

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

In almost all international literature on music of the Middle East, the main categories are still either states or ethnic and/or religious groups (e.g., “music in Turkey,” “Turkish music,” “Kurdish ...