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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced the launch of his own music band and plans to stage its first live performance in the capital Yerevan later this month, in a move that has drawn ...

Of Armenian descent themselves, System of a Down have long been activists and a global voice for the country. The idea to work on new material (the songs "Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz"), ...

Metro Detroit is a melting pot of rich and diverse ethnic communities, not the least of which is the proud and enduring Armenian population. Saturday July 20 there will be plenty of Armenian food, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. For Armenians around the world, religion plays a large role in daily life and cultural identity. This prayer, which translates to “The Lord’s ...

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With a live music performance, UCLA’s celebration of Armenian music continues. Acclaimed Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan will perform a free public concert tomorrow at Schoenberg ...

Darone Sassounian gasped when he finally found the record. For years, Sassounian had been on the hunt for “Sunrise,” a 1979 album from Armenian musician Avo Haroutiounian. The album was recorded and ...

In 2010, Ian Nagoski, founder of Baltimore-based Canary Records, came into possession of a box of vinyl passed on to him by Leo Sarkisian, the ethnomusicologist and radio host best known for his long ...