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Come Here, Let’s Drink!: Kef Music from Ottoman Istanbul’s Multicultural...
In contemporary Istanbul, it can be quite difficult to find evidence of the city’s cosmopolitan past. While the vast majority of the city’s inhabitants today identify as Muslim, in the early 20th...
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Seta Hagopian, the Fairuz of Iraq
The following is a guest post by Zeena Aljawad, an Iraqi living in California. She is currently involved in The Iraqi Oral History Project, which is dedicated to collecting and preserving oral...
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Ajam Mixtape #13: Oud Across Borders
From Greece to Iran and North Africa to the Caucasus, the oud is played by musicians in many countries across the region as “traditional” or “folk” music. A large part of the world today considers...
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The Sonic Craft of Granî: The Evolution of Turbocharged, Transnational...
The following article is written by George Murer, an ethnomusicologist and filmmaker with interests in Iran, Kurdistan, Central Asia, and the Indian Ocean Region. He is currently completing a feature...
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Ajam Podcast #26: Rüya with Murat Keyder
To download the episode, subscribe to us in the iTunes store, Spotify Podcasts, and Google Play. In this episode, Kamyar is joined by Murat Keyder, a New York City-based musician and composer, to talk...
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From Sindh to Andalusia: The Life and Times of Sufi-Flamenco Star Aziz Balouch
The following article was written by Stefan Williamson Fa, an anthropologist and ethnomusicologist currently working as a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. His academic interests focus...
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Ajam Podcast #34: Finding Home through Armenian Music with Joseph Bohigian
To download the episode, subscribe to us in the iTunes store, Spotify Podcasts, and Google Play. In this episode, Kamyar and Rustin interview Armenian-American composer and performer Joseph Bohigian...
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Ajam Mixtape #15: Composing Home in Diaspora
Joseph Bohigian is a composer and performer whose cross-cultural experience as an Armenian-American is a defining message in his music. His work explores the expression of exile, cultural...
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Ajam Mixtape: Azerbaijani Folk to Transnational Funk
The following is a guest post by Naz Mahmoudzadeh, who currently works on a farm school and in human rights. Naz has a masters from SOAS, University of London, and focused her research on post-Soviet...
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Synths, Samples, and Arezoo: The Story Behind Environmental Studies’ Iranian...
This guest mix is courtesy of Daniel Diako, founder of the experimental music project Environmental Studies based in Los Angeles. Diako provided Ajam Media Collective with a mix of artists he considers...
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