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Saturday’s Endangered Music: Kashmir

Posted March 8, 2014 Warren SendersLeave a commentPosted in Soundscapes

In 1986, a friend and I traveled to Kashmir, which had not yet become a problematic destination for Western tourists. I had been bewitched by Kashmiri music since first hearing David Lewiston‘s wonderful recordings on the Nonesuch Explorer label in the mid-1970s, and I knew that I wanted to see and hear Kashmir for myself. […]

I Am A Pilgrim, And A Stranger, Travelin’ Through This Wearisome Land

Posted January 30, 2014January 29, 2014 Warren SendersLeave a commentPosted in General

India is full of important religious sites, which attract thousands of devoted pilgrims each year. Last year a massive flood devastated mountain villages in Uttarakhand, a state in the country’s Himalayan North. How did this happen? Glacial lakes have fed India’s rivers for thousands of years, melting just enough to fill the streams that run […]

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Saturday’s Endangered Music: Kashmir

I Am A Pilgrim, And A Stranger, Travelin’ Through This Wearisome Land