Rap isn't exactly the kind of music that should find a following in Afghanistan, a place that aggressively shuns Western influence. But rapper D.J. Besho, known to Afghans as Bejan, has broken through ...

A collection of music from Afghanistan climbs to No. 12 on iTunes' World Music bestseller charts. Adam Gouttierre and Chris Becherer are two MBA students who recorded traditional music during a trip ...

The Afghan Youth Orchestra with its founder, Ahmad Sarmast. (Courtesy of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music) Three years ago, nearly 300 young Afghan musicians, their teachers and staff from ...

Zohra Ahmadi rehearses with the Afghan Youth Orchestra in Braga, Portugal, on July 29. NEW YORK — The Taliban tried to silence them, at times violently. The musicians from the Afghan Youth Orchestra ...

Along with the growing humanitarian crisis, Afghanistan's rich musical culture is under threat - Copyright Matangi Tonga/AFP Mary Lyn FONUA Along with the growing ...

A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive music in the country of his birth.

Three years ago, nearly 300 young Afghan musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives after their country fell again to the Taliban. NPR ...