Myanmar is known for political oppression and poverty under the rule of the world's longest-lasting military dictatorship. But a University of Dayton music professor reveals a different side of the ...

Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar — U Tin cut his teeth as a musician playing Burmese folk songs for silent movies, which in this time warp of a country remained popular well into the 1950s. The ...

Members of the Burmese community performed traditional music during the Burmese Water Festival at Riverfront Park on Sunday in Rensselaer. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a ...

What is Burmese music like? To ears accustomed only to Western music, ours may at first be a little disconcerting. It may seem more like a medley of spontaneous, unrelated sounds than a careful ...

Lots of Western musicians are afraid to deal with the music of Burma," Sebag reflects. African and Indian music, for example, lend themselves more easily to collaboration. It took us a long time to ...

The shimmer of brightly colored silk and cotton traditional clothing amplified the movement of the Burmese dancers' feet and arms as they moved in unison across the Nacogdoches High School stage.

Myanmar/Burmese musicians’ use of foreign instruments in the last 150 years has enchanted the ear of many newcomers to the music of lowland Myanmar/Burma. Foreign listeners recognize familiar timbres ...

U Tin, a slide guitarist who became a global ambassador for Burmese music while working as a plumber under a military dictatorship, died on Feb. 5 in Yangon, Myanmar. He was 87. His daughter Daw Win ...

His daughter Daw Win Win Toe said the cause was complications of diabetes. Tin was one of several prominent Myanmar musicians who incorporated Western instruments into a diverse canon that spanned ...