In an era when the future of area studies feels increasingly flattened into culture wars, two events demonstrated how ...

First installment of eight-album series arrives March 20; live performance set for Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival.

Eastern instruments such as the stringed pipa and reeded suona blended with Western orchestral sounds at Jazz at Lincoln ...

In 2008, at a conference in Kazakhstan, he met a "tall man" from China. Wu Jiatong is a passionate music lover who happens to ...

I have often reflected on my journey to Armenia, trying to understand the historical path of an ancient nation across the centuries. My first encounter with Armenian culture came through a television ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC has partnered with Sony Music Group to acquire music catalog assets, the parties ‌said on Thursday. The statement said the partnership will ...

This ancient metropolis was once a formidable power that rivaled its neighbor, the famous Lycia. It was also known as Cibyra, or Cibyra Magna (Great Kibyra), and its well-preserved remnants can now be ...

Vietnam’s digital music market was worth US$51.95 million last year, the smallest among six countries studied in Southeast Asia, a new report shows. Indonesia led with revenues of $264 million, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Tomorrowland, the hugely popular European electronic dance music or EDM festival, will stage its first-ever full-fledged Asia edition in Thailand this December. Thailand was chosen for its "growing ...

Sri Lanka is set to make history as it hosts South Asia’s first-ever Reggae Music Festival, “ONE LOVE 2026 – A Tribute to Bob Marley”, from 27 to 29 March 2026 on the golden shores of Bentota. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The album was recorded live in April during night one of ASIA’s three-night stand at Trading Boundaries in Sussex, England. As a ...