California is known as a melting pot of immigrants. People from Western Europe, Asia and Latin America are among the most visible in California's cultural landscape. But Los Angeles also happens to ...

Tigran Hamasyan reimagined his native homeland of Armenia through a traditional, folk-inspired jazz performance Sunday evening. Fourth-year music and political science student Kishan Patel said he ...

Minor keys and uncommon time signatures are the expressive stamps that give Armenian folk music its often eerie and impassioned quality. Saturday at the Getty Center, Zulal, an Armenian a capella folk ...

Apo Sahagian is dedicated to music that uplifts the human spirit. The Armenian people have a storied history stretching back thousands of years. From language and culture to religion and politics, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Armenia was one of two featured ...

Armenian musican Benik Iknatyan playing the duduk(Hrair Hratchian. Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY/4.0/ ) In the 1990s, the duduk found its way into movie soundtracks, radio ...

Few are familiar with the culture and history of Armenia, a small Middle Eastern country surrounded by Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Armenians have a past which was both successful and ...

A page from fifteenth century Armenian physician Amirdovlat Amasiatsi’s botanical encyclopedia, Useless for the Ignorant, housed in Matanadaran. Photo courtesy of Wikiwand There is something ...

After a tour of Armenia, the release of three singles — including “Artsakh Aghves,” featuring multi-instrumentalist Mal Barsamian — and performances throughout the Midwest and East Coast, contemporary ...

Old Stories, New Retellings: Ara Sarkissian and Musaner’s Jazz Muses Inspire a Twist on Armenian Folk with Once Upon a Time “It’s about what you inherit,” declares Ara sarkissian, the composer and ...