Iberi: Supra

Iberi: Supra

September 30, 2022

Song of the Centuries Listening Post 359. High ground is supposed to be secure, but Georgia’s perch in the Caucasus Mountains hasn’t kept out invaders—from Romans to Russians, with other empires in between. Still, time seems to be on the country’s side. Georgians have...
Ensemble Mze Shina: Odoïa

Ensemble Mze Shina: Odoïa

April 10, 2018

Echoes of Time Listening Post 145. If Early Music transports us to medieval times, then Georgian polyphony, stretching back more than 1,600 years, is communal song in primeval form. UNESCO declared this tradition an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and, like...