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Tigran Hamasyan reimagined his native homeland of Armenia through a traditional, folk-inspired jazz performance Sunday evening. Fourth-year music and political science student Kishan Patel said he ...

Oregon track and field freshman Bodey Lutes continued a streak of breakout performances at Hayward Field with a lifetime-best 1:45.62 in the... Few are familiar with the culture and history of Armenia ...

Armenian folk music has retained its compelling singularity for centuries, through all the tribulations faced by the nation and its people, but TmbaTa Orchestra show that a deep respect for this ...

Apo Sahagian is dedicated to music that uplifts the human spirit. The Armenian people have a storied history stretching back thousands of years. From language and culture to religion and politics, ...

Minor keys and uncommon time signatures are the expressive stamps that give Armenian folk music its often eerie and impassioned quality. Saturday at the Getty Center, Zulal, an Armenian a capella folk ...

Ara Topouzian is quick to say he loves music and performing, but his performances also preserve traditional Armenian folk music. "I want to pass it along. Our music stopped in 1915 — no more folk ...

California is known as a melting pot of immigrants. People from Western Europe, Asia and Latin America are among the most visible in California's cultural landscape. But Los Angeles also happens to ...

It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge—between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the ...

Old Stories, New Retellings: Ara Sarkissian and Musaner’s Jazz Muses Inspire a Twist on Armenian Folk with Once Upon a Time “It’s about what you inherit,” declares Ara sarkissian, the composer and ...

One of the first times that Ara Dinkjian performed on stage with his father was in New York City during the 1964 World’s Fair. Dressed in a costume that his mother sewed consisting of baggy pants, a ...

Black Sabbath‘s songs have been covered many different ways — by soul singers, jazz combos and even a fast-food-themed parody band. But it still must have been a surprise for Tony Iommi and onetime ...