Tulum (bagpipe)performed by instrument maker Bülent Bekar in the town of Çamlıhemşin, Rize, Turkey.

Bülent Bekar- Hemşinli Tulum

Recorded in Ivanovka, Azerbaijan. June 2013.

From Mountains of Tongues: Musical Dialects of the Caucasus
L.M. Dupli-cation

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Molokan Cousins- Tape Recording of Grandmother's Singing / Psalm

Avar song performed on a Korg synthesizer.

Recorded in the village of Saruso, Georgia. April 2013


Absalden- Avar Song on Synthesizer

Aşıq Nargile performing the Borçalı destan epic called "Yurd Yeri". Nargile was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and has been playing saz and singing since the age of 15. She is currently the only remaining female aşıq living and performing in the ethnic Azeri region known as Borçalı and performs regularly at festivals in Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Recorded in Tbilisi, Georgia, July 2014.

Aşıq Nargilə- Yurd Yeri (Demo)

Sounds of the Ankara Circassian Diaspora. 

Kenan Tavhan, Fatih Ersem, Bekir Batur, Janberk Akçay and Oğuzcan Kaynak, playing the pshina (accordion), kamyl (Circassian flute) dhol (drum) and pxachach (wood blocks).

Recorded in July 2014.


Ankara Çerkes Derneği'nin Sesleri

Meri playing accordion and singing in 'Batsbur mot'', the Batsbur language. Recorded in Zemo Alvani February 2013.

"The Batsbi—whose language, Batsbur mot', points to a probable Nakh origin (i.e. related to the Chechens and the Ingush)—are believed to have migrated to the Tsova Gorge in the XVIIth century. There they settled, living in eight fortified villages typical of the region until the early XIXth century, when they abandoned their homes and moved down to the plain of Alvani at the western end of Kakheti, where they live to this day." 
www.batsav.com/pages/thebatsbi.htm

Meri Jikoshvili- Song in Batsbur

Rosa singing Kurdish folk song

Olia sings Udi folklore

Recorded in Tbilisi, Georgia. February 2013

Sergo Kamalov- Melody on Kamancheh

Gia Shavkhelishvili - Tush Song on Balalaika

Gia Lagazidze - Tush Melody on Accordion

Gia Lagazidze - Tush Melody on Chianuri

Amirani Nekerauli - Tush Melodies on Balalaika

Recorded in the Azeri village of Tazakend, Georgia during an engagement party. March 2013 

Azeri Zurna Trio (excerpts)

Compilation of audio from recording session featuring panduri, daira (a Rachan frame drum) and accordion. Recorded in the village of Ghari, March 2013.  

Lola Metreveli and Grastia Ordinidze - Songs from Racha

Avar song in the Hunzib dialect performed on a broken kumuz (Avar lute).

Recorded in the village of Saruso, Georgia. April 2013

Absalden - Avar (Hunzib) song on kumuz

This is a gramophone recording from a 1947 expedition to Zemo Alvani. The performers are unknown. Notes from the expedition claim the song was Lezgian but the words were in the Batsbi langauge. The notes also stated that the recording consisted of voice and "unknown percussion." 

Mun ilan - gramaphone recording from Zemo Alvani

Bakur Chikviladze from the Racha Ensemble performing a traditional Rachuli song on the gudastviri (bagpipe).

Recorded in Oni, Georgia. March 2013

Bakur Chikviladze- Mestviruli

Another great find from the Tbilisi State Conservatory Archives. 

Hopuna - Two voiced work song from Kartli

Recorded during the 2nd of May festival inbetween Zinobiani and Chantsliskure, Georga. May 2013 

Zurna and Doli Accompany Wrestling Competition

Levan Veshapidze - Melody on the Abkhazian Acharpan

Recorded in the village of Chantslisqure, Georgia. May, 2013

Avar prayers

Aşıq Nargile - Borçalı Poem

Molokan Bible sung by two cousins in their 70s. Recorded in Ivanovka, Azerbaijan, June 2013.

Molokan Religious Song

Record in the Avar village of Danachi, Azerbaijan. June 2013 

Amar Halbaev - Avar Song on the Komuz

Recorded in the Avar village of Danachi. June 2013 

Amar Halbaev - Lezginka on Mandolin

The goal of the Sayat Nova Project is to record the musical dialects of the Caucasus and host the material on an interactive website. We are using our soundcloud to preview some of our recording sessions! 

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