Monday, November 28, 2011

Music Video: Davron Ergashev - Kelinchak

I realize that I'm a little late to pile on, but I wanted to help still(?!?) Presidential candidate Herman Cain with that whole Uzbekistan thing.  This Central Asian nation was a Soviet republic between 1924 and 1991.  It is landlocked, and is bordered by the nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, placing it in a geographically and politically strategic location.  Uzbekistan is the world's third largest exporter of cotton, and is developing its production of gold, uranium, potassium, and natural gas.  Also high among its national products is the singer Davron Ergashev.

Although Davron Ergashev generally produces central Asian influenced light pop, Kelinchak relies on a heavy reggae beat.  To be honest, combining heavily commercial Asian popular music with this Caribbean groove is enough to make Kelinchak an Open World Music standard.  It isn't going to place highly on my own personal iPod playlist, but Kelinchak is well worth a listen regardless.

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