Aga Khan Master Musicians Release Debut Album on Smithsonian Folkways Label
December 3, 2023 | Canada
Washington, DC, USA, 27 November 2023 - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the record label of the Smithsonian Institution, has released Nowruz, the debut album of the Aga Khan Master Musicians (AKMM). “It’s thrilling to have a group of (largely) traditional instruments playing new music that is inventive and attractive,” wrote Songlines, a UK-based world music magazine.
Founded in 2013 by the Aga Khan Music Programme, whose mission is to support contemporary expressions of Muslim musical heritage, AKMM draws on music from Central Asia, China, the Middle East and North Africa to create a strikingly original body of work where living musical traditions meet and meld.
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