In many cultures, it’s common during festive dinners for one or more guests to stand, raise a glass and speak a toast. In the central European country of Georgia, however, the tradition is thrillingly ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Vivien Schweitzer As wild and unfamiliar yodeling unfolded over startling harmonies and complex rhythmic patterns in Alice Tully Hall ...

161 161 people viewed this event. Performance based around the unique and ancient vocal and music style called Polyphony, originating from Georgia. 6 pm. Pwyc ...

Popular singing has a highly valued place in Georgian culture. Polyphonic singing, in the Georgian language, is a secular tradition in a country whose language and culture have often been oppressed by ...

Bach’s legacy will be the focus of a festival-within-a-festival opening at Lincoln Center, Friday. But the opening performance features a predecessor he never knew he had. The Bach & Polyphonies ...

Young Georgians are reviving a lost tradition of hymns and folk music as they strive to reestablish their country's cultural identity and historical tradition as something distinct from Russian or ...

For blogger Stephen Dodson (languagehat.com), swearing is liberation. And the more languages you can swear in, the more liberated you'll feel. Dodson is the co-author of a new book on global cursing, ...