The Uyghur Musicians From Xinjiang's lyrics & chords

While not a band as such, the Uyghur Musicians are all familiar with the traditional music of Xinjiang, China (also known as Chinese Turkestan), which is something of an anomalous region, being the oasis towns of the old Silk Road, its people holding on to the Muslim religion. The music owes more to Central Asia than to China itself. On the 2000 album "Music From the Oasis Towns of Central Asia", the music is drawn from two distinct regions, the Ili valley and the oasis towns of Turpan, and both have their beauty, whether instrumental — as ...read more