A Kurdish woman living in Finland travels to Kurdistan with her young daughter to reconnect and come to grips with family secrets in Sarajevo winner Erol Mintaş' second feature, world premiering at ...

Kashus Culpepper knows better than anyone about the range of styles and influences evoked in his music, but he wants to make one thing clear from the start. “No matter what music you’re hearing, I’m ...

Syria’s tribes, sensing it was time to split from the Kurds and ally with Syria’s government, mobilised. That spelled the end ...

Aynur is one of the most prominent Kurdish singers of our times. Her impressive voice and extraordinary musical narration represent the Kurdish music heritage of her cultural roots as a global genre.

The territory has spawned a small but robust music scene that, with the likes of the band Nanook and rapper Tarrak, long has ...

Security at the biggest ISIS detention camp in Syria has collapsed as Syrian Kurds withdraw to face advancing government forces.

The Kurds constitute one of the most important social and cultural components of Syrian society and are widely recognized as ...

Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025 Inspired by Talk ...

A planned concert by the Kurdish folk band Koma Amed in İstanbul on Dec 20 was blocked just hours before it was set to begin by the Küçükçekmece District Governor’s Office. The group, whose members ...

"I was pinned to the floor by armed law enforcement officers in the house where I was staying with my children, and a gun was held to my head. My daughter was forced to undress in front of the cameras ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...