Ancestral Tones

Is There Too Much Personality In Music?

What a 1972 Labi Siffre interview still reveals about music today

Apr 1 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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February 2026

The Paradox of Musical "Preservation" and "Revival"

With special focus on Georgian polyphony

Feb 27 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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January 2026

The Countermovement

On AI, music, and the return of the human

Jan 21 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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December 2025

Endangered Music #6: Shishimai Lion Dance

A new year ritual in a changing world

Dec 29, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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The Time Christmas Carols Paused War

On the power of collective musical participation

Dec 18, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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Has Music Become Peripheral?

The shift from essential human act, to consumer product.

Dec 12, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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November 2025

Endangered Music #5: Akazehe

An intimate women's greeting chant from Burundi

Nov 25, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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Buddhist Monk DJs

Electronic music as a path to enlightenment?

Nov 14, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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When Buddhist Monks Battle With Drums

How Korean temples combine sacred ritual with spectacular competition

Nov 6, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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October 2025

Endangered Music #4: The Ma'di O'di

Why M'adi youth are turning away from their heritage, and what that says about us all

Oct 26, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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September 2025

Hermeto Pascoal (1936–2025) and What We Can Learn about Folklore

In Memory of Brazil's Musical Sorcerer

Sep 25, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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August 2025

Endangered Music #3: Cambodia's Chapei Dang Veng

A Musical Tradition Nearly Lost to Genocide

Aug 21, 2025 • Ancestral Tones | Sandro Shar

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