Before I dive into an account of Myamnar’s traditional court music, called Mahar Gita, I would like to point to Nusasonic’s Common Tonalities project, led by Khyam Allami in 2022. This project ...

Myanmar is known for political oppression and poverty under the rule of the world's longest-lasting military dictatorship. But a University of Dayton music professor reveals a different side of the ...

Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar — U Tin cut his teeth as a musician playing Burmese folk songs for silent movies, which in this time warp of a country remained popular well into the 1950s. The ...

How do you explain the music of the Chin people, the dominant ethnic population of Indy's Burmese community? It's actually quite simple. Chin music sounds a lot like American music - - a lot. In fact, ...

What is Burmese music like? To ears accustomed only to Western music, ours may at first be a little disconcerting. It may seem more like a medley of spontaneous, unrelated sounds than a careful ...

Lots of Western musicians are afraid to deal with the music of Burma," Sebag reflects. African and Indian music, for example, lend themselves more easily to collaboration. It took us a long time to ...

U Tin, a slide guitarist who became a global ambassador for Burmese music while working as a plumber under a military dictatorship, died on Feb. 5 in Yangon, Myanmar. He was 87. His daughter Daw Win ...

htootayzar posts pictures of traditional music instruments from Myanmar. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and ...

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, that’s a little bit out of the ordinary, consider attending the Annual Burmese Water Festival. Each year, the Burmese community hosts a celebration ...