After living for decades in exile, chased by war and religious bans, Naghma persists in singing to her people.

When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, they quickly banned music, declaring it un-Islamic. Musicians faced threats, raids, and the destruction of their instruments. “Our homes were ...

KABUL, August 15 (UNHCR) - His songs evoke the harsh beauty of his native Afghanistan, a country he fled more than 12 years ago, but they were composed in a green and tidy suburb of Toronto, Canada, ...

The Whigs’ first record, Big Top Halloween predates that band’s relationship with Sub Pop. They produced the record themselves and only 2,000 copies were pressed, making it a rare find. A little messy ...

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Qudrat Wasefi fled Kabul after the fundamentalist regime, with its violently enforced prohibition of music, returned to power ...

In August 2021, when the Taliban once again seized power in Afghanistan, the entire Afghan Youth Orchestra managed to flee to Europe. For the past four years, the young musicians of the Afghanistan ...

Sad news in the music world as we received word that Afghan Whigs/Gutter Twins/Twilight Singers guitarist Dave Rosser had lost his battle with cancer. Late last year, the band had announced his ...