| This audio postcard, originally aired on NPR on New Years Day 2006, is about a cultural exchange to Kyrgyzstan that took place in November, 2005. |
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Jackson Hole musicians, Vista 360, and the Western Folklife Center’s Founding Director Hal Cannon, formed a musical group called New Frontier that played several concerts in this country of ancient horsemen. |
The radio story tells of a day in a small village called Barskoon where long distance horse races were being run. Members of New Frontier were nervous that their concert wouldn’t draw a crowd, so they assembled a horse cart, printed flyers in Kyrgyzstan’s native language and played music throughout the village. The cowboy music could not have been more exotic to the locals, but the American-style marketing effort prevailed and the concert was standing room only.
Listen to the audio postcard.
For more on Kyrgyzstan, visit our Deep West Video section and watch the video called The Birdmen of Kyrgyzstan.
