A Refuge for Afghan Music Is at Risk of Falling Silent

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by ...
Yahoo

Afghan Whigs Recast Poliça, Still Corners Tunes

The first new Afghan Whigs music since their 2022 album How Do You Burn? has arrived today (Dec. 10) in the surprising form of covers of Minneapolis indie pop band Poliça’s “Fake Life” and U.K. duo ...
Hosted on MSN

Afghan Youth Orchestra in exile: Resistance against the Taliban

Music is banned at home. But after fleeing the Taliban into exile, the Afghan Youth Orchestra is performing in Europe about loss, hope, and the power of music. In August 2021, when the Taliban once ...
Rolling Stone

The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home

A s the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021, Qudrat Wasefi, a resolute 22-year-old trumpeter, flung open the windows of his music school’s empty wood-paneled studio and started to ...