Afghani music

At West, we are having Afghanistan Day - all teachers are presenting units of information about the Afghanistan version of their discipline - for my classes this encompasses Afghani music. Because of our competition and performance schedule, we won't be able to spend too much time on this today, so I'm posting these links for those who might be interested in delving into what's available online regarding Afghani music. Enjoy!

Links to many sites: http://www.afghanistanmusic.com/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan

About Afghanistan's best known 'classical' musician: http://www.afghanland.com/entertainment/music/sarahang.html

An article with good Real Audio links to Afghanistan classical music: http://www.rferl.org/Content/Article/1062873.html

Music from Afghanistan (great audio links): http://www.afghanhits.com/

An article about an Afghani violinist and his band: http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/18212604/Music-in-postwar-Afghanistan.html?d=1

A good site with video and audio: http://www.afghansongs.com/

National Geographic's world music website: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/afghanistan_35