New Music From Kazakhstan on Calabash Musichttp://calabashmusic.comDombra du Kazakhstan<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/48177/dombra_du_kazakhstan.jpg'><div style="text-align: left;">The Karatau school in southern Kazakhstan has developed the Shertpe style, a fairly free style that integrates improvisation and favours the expression of inner feelings, as well as the description of a soft, majestic nature.</div>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:50 -0500http://dombradukazakhstan.calabashmusic.com/Urker<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/52128/urker.jpg'>Urker takes generally patriotic themes, expressing love or nostalgia for the homeland, and combines it with folkloric sounding melodies, and traditional, as well as modern, instruments.Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:50 -0500http://urker.calabashmusic.com/