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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum

Mixing Afghan Rhythms at Sounds of L.A.

By Jessica Portner | Published: February 18, 2011
Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan. From left:

Just 48 hours before he was pounding percussion onstage at the Getty Center this past weekend, one of the creators of Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan (S.A.R.A.) was teaching tabla drumming at a music school in Kabul. But the Afghan-American… More»

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