Afghanistan

 FOLKLORE ET MUSIQUES DE L'UNIVERS

FOLKLORE AND MUSICS OF THE UNIVERSE

AFGHANISTAN

BAM, 1957, LD 5337

Another album from that series ''Folklore et musiques de l'Univers'' with recordings made by Alain Delapraz from the Museum of Ethnography of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He spent 5 months looking for musicians in different parts of the country. This album was first issued in 1957 with another cover and I think reissued with this cover but without a precise date. Like for the other albums of this kind information are sparse enough but Delapraz gives some descriptions about Afghan folk music in general in French.
Some tracks are familiar to the connoisseurs but track A1 (2) features one santoor and  two tablas. The santur/santoor is rare enough in Afghanistan. Track A4 has some sitar/cetar music and track A2 is a song showing the long hindustani influence. Note that track A1 is divided in two parts.
At the time all these LPs were the only way we could discover other sounds and cultures at a good price with a minimum of information. As a kid this LP hooked me by the ears and was the beginning of a long search for cultural diversity. 

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