This track, from the 1961 Music of Afghanistan put out by Folkways, by renowned rabab virtuoso, Ustad Mohammad Omar, is just beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q97qiXcjkhM
Check out his bio on the Smithsonian Folkways website to learn more http://www.folkways.si.edu/ustad-mohammad-omar-master-afghan-classical/central-asia-world/music/article/smithsonian
Keith Hadad, the creator and manager of RCU, has been a contributing writer to Elmore Magazine and Thewaster.com and maintains a regular column, “Keith Hadad’s Choice,” in Blicker magazine. His writing has also appeared in the Smithsonian Folkways’ Guest Blog and the Optical Sounds Fanzine.
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