Kronos Quartet with Alim and Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi: Rainbow | CD review

(Smithsonian Folkways/Discovery)San Francisco's Kronos string quartet are rightly famous for their diverse collaborations, with musicians such as Mali's Rokia Traoré and the Bollywood playback legend Asha Bhosle, and now comes an excursion into Afghan and Azerbaijani styles. This is volume eight of the elegantly packaged Smithsonian Music of Central Asia series, and it's something of an oddity. The first track, from which the album takes its title, is nearly half an hour long, and features t...

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