Uzbekistan News News Uzbekistan » Music: Uzbekistan: Singer Wows Music Fans At Home And Abroad
She's already well established as a singing star in her home country of Uzbekistan. And since she first performed at a music festival near London four years ago, she's become increasingly popular ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Legendary singer Sherali Jo’rayev encapsulated Uzbekistan’s traditional music and poetry
At the heart of Uzbekistan’s music scene, a legendary voice remained stifled for decades, hidden beneath a shroud of political censorship. Sherali Jo’rayev, one of the nation’s most prominent and ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Interest in Uzbekistan music festival increasing on a global scale every year
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan – The largest music festival of the East, “Sharq Taronalari,” has started in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan – The largest music festival of the East, “Sharq ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Croon Jewels: Uzbekistan Outlaws 'Adapted' Foreign Tunes
Authorities in Uzbekistan have forbidden musicians from localizing foreign songs or performing such adaptations, according to sources at the industry's regulatory body, Uzbekkonsert, and in the media.
News Uzbekistan » Music: Uzbek Singers Are Told: No Tattoos, No Earrings, And No Singing In Bedrooms In Videos
Uzbek singers can no longer sport a tattoo, show off expensive cars, or sing in a bedroom in music videos -- all part of new rules unveiled by government officials this week. Male singers shouldn’t ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: UCSC Central Asian Ensemble honors traditional Uzbek music with special guest master dutarist Rozibi Khodjaeva
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (February 9, 2024) — On Saturday, March 2, 2024, the students of the UCSC Central Asian Ensemble will present folk and traditional music from Uzbekistan with special guest ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: A Peek Into Uzbek Pop Music Scene
Uzbek Music Friday is a (rare) feature in which I post a pop music video from an artist in Uzbekistan. It could be catchy, annoying, funny, insightful, brilliant, awful, or anything in between. It’s ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Open-air jazz nights unite global musicians and new audiences in Uzbekistan
The Tashkent International Jazz Festival brought together artists from Europe, the Americas and Central Asia through a series of free open-air performances. Organisers say audience numbers and ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Letter from Uzbekistan
And life is, in a word, difficult. Where many American musicians are somewhat spoiled for choice as to which clubs to play, Wuerdig has no such abundance. Nothing in the country is allowed to stay ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Uzbekistan: Rap Emerges From Under Unofficial Ban
There was a time in Uzbekistan when hip-hop got a bad rap for being insufficiently traditional and was de facto prohibited from the public scene. Going by a student festival that took place last month ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: German silent cinema and Uzbek music: An oddly satisfying match
Traditional Uzbek music does not seem an obvious fit to accompany a silent movie from Weimar Germany, but judging by the enthusiastic reaction of the audience, the pairing worked. On December 1, a ...
News Uzbekistan » Music: Open-air jazz nights unites global musicians and new audiences in Uzbekistan
On a warm April evening in Tashkent, thousands of people gathered outside the Palace of International Forums for the opening days of the International Jazz Festival. Some stood close to the stage, ...