American musicians have it tough, but try making it work in Myanmar. To be an artist in the isolated Southeast Asian country is to face nearly impossible barriers. The Internet is spotty, the music ...

"“To me, being a feminist means kindness. If I stay silent when others suffer, one day it will be my turn to suffer too." ...

After coming to the U.S., many Burmese refugees try to preserve their culture and music with traditional instruments and dance. Most of these... Burmese Refugees Preserve Culture Through Music Before ...

His daughter Daw Win Win Toe said the cause was complications of diabetes. Tin was one of several prominent Myanmar musicians who incorporated Western instruments into a diverse canon that spanned ...

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 ...

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ACCORDING to Kit Young—an American pianist and composer who has been performing Burmese sandaya music (piano played in Burmese style) since 1987—the Hawaiian slide guitar was probably introduced to ...

The song was a cry against the living hell that descended upon the people of Myanmar since February 1st, when the military overthrew the country’s civilian government. It was also a song of solidarity ...

On a muggy day in May in the ramshackle city of Rangoon, an elderly Burmese man straightened rows of jade jewelry in a souvenir case. He organized a stack of traditional Burmese music CDs, one of ...

IN APRIL, a government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) took over in Myanmar, ending decades of oppressive military-only rule. For both the music world and ...

Clint Conley and I are developing a punkers’ Branson, a backwater sinkhole where yesterday’s Grand Old Buzz Cuts can go on pretending they’re famous. All we need are a location and start-up capital.

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 ...