Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Udi Boghos Kirechjian - Udi Hrant's little-known singing and oud-playing brother-in-law

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Top: Udi Hrant; Bottom: Udi Boghos You've heard of Udi Hrant, but have you heard of the other blind Armenian oud-playing singer from Ist...
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Welcome Back to the Twenties!

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VARTAN MARGOSIAN Well, a hundred years have gone by (though it seems sometimes like it should be eighty...) and we are once again in a...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The Fabulous Vosbikians: All American Kef

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Today's post concerns one of the most influential groups in the history of Armenian dance music in America. It can be said that without ...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Collectif Medz Bazar - the best new thing since sliced basterma

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A short time before Christmas I saw a video on youtube that was nothing short of a revelation. All I could tell for sure was that these were...
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Friday, November 20, 2015

New book on Armenia Diaspora Music

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For possibly the first time in history, a full length book in English, and a scholarly one at that, has been published which includes an in ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

"Your Homeland And The Phonograph" (old advertisement)

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The following advertisement was found on the back cover of the Pharos Records songbook of 1928. Pharos Records was an Armenian-owned record ...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Onnik's latest album takes us back to the "old country," but with a fresh vibe

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For years, singer Onnik Dinkjian has been one of the biggest names in the Armenian-American kef scene. Born in Paris in 1929, and living in...