When the Uzbek star Sevara Nazarkhan released her last album, Sen, four years ago, it sounded as if she was trying a little too hard to live up to her billing as a global diva from central Asia, by ...

She's already well established as a singing star in her home country of Uzbekistan. And since she first performed at a music festival near London four years ago, she's become increasingly popular ...

Sevara Nazarkhan is an Uzbek singer/ songwriter who possesses a repertoire of beautiful original songs and a voice that is nothing if not spellbinding. By Billboard Staff Sevara Nazarkhan is an Uzbek ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Her eyebrow is fashionably pierced, and she was a member of Uzbekistan's answer to the Spice Girls. Sevara Nazarkhan is bringing the centuries-old songs of the Silk Road to the ...

In the 22 years since the release of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno and David Byrne, its pioneering combination of multi-ethnic musical modes and weird, disassociated funk has become one ...

Sevara Nazarkhan was walking through Tashkent's market when she encountered two aged women singing a haunting traditional air. "The moment I heard it, I knew I had to learn that song and sing it ...

At lunchtime on Friday, the Womad site experienced an almost unprecedented event. Rain lashed down on the marquees and village of ethnic gift shops. This looked like a Womad to cover from the bar of ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The legendarily ambitious Uzbek dance diva takes a backward swerve on Tortadur, exploring her country’s traditional ...

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