Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock ⦠and more.
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The ancient trade route that criss-crossed several empires â China, Mongolia, Central Asia, to Siberia, and the Middle East â is an expanse of steppe and desert, of mountains, and wilderness. Galloping melodies, caravan drums, throat singing, intimate folk songs, shamanic chants, mythical heroes define this musical soundscape. On this installment, traditional music from Central Asia â the Empire of the Steppes and the Silk Road.
Baterdene "The Gallop of Jonon Khar" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Tengger Cavalry "Chinggis Vodka from Far Away" from "Overture For Carnegie Unplugged" Tan Dun, Yo-Yo Ma, Chen Xie-Yang, David Cossin, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra & Shanghai National Orchestra "Desert Capriccio" from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" Yao Bingyan "Jiu Kuang" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Various Artist "Bambi Saidi" from "Latcho Drom: Bande Originale Du Film" Rakshanah "Washlidah" from "Washlidah" on Melodiya Aygul Ulkenbaeva "Balbyraun" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Edil Huseinov "Jew's harp melody" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Gulzada "Zhaz" from "The Signs" Altai Kai "Khan Altai" from "Made in USA" Various Artists "Gulnazira (Bashkiria)" from "Folk Music of the USSR" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Shu-De "Throat-Singing And Igil (Untitled)" from "Voices from the Distant Steppe" on Real World Records Muhammud Rahim Takhary, Faqir Muhammad, Bahauddin, and Malang Nejrabi "Mizghan-i Siyah" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Various Artists "The Dancing Girl (Tajikistan)" from "Folk Music of the USSR" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Various Artists "Song of the Cotton Picker (Uzbekistan)" from "Folk Music of the USSR" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Abdurahim Hamidov and Shuhrat Razzaqov "Meskin II" from "The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan" on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Temiuv Damirov "Jeirany" from "Azerbaijani Music from 78 Rpm, Soviet Recordings 1930 - 1950" on Dictaphone Hesen Cizîrî "Maqam (Khunis)" from "Maqam (Khunis)" on Columbia Zaia & Elizabeth Eshaya "Ana Npilta Go Khiyaleh" from "Seven Inches of Love: Twenty Obscure 45 rpm records from Around the World" on Shellac Head
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