What is Burmese music like? To ears accustomed only to Western music, ours may at first be a little disconcerting. It may seem more like a medley of spontaneous, unrelated sounds than a careful ...

After the rice harvest the women of a Burmese village gather to pound out the grains from the husks. Is they work, they sing these traditional folk songs, which have been collected and translated by U ...

One of Myanmar's most famous popstars Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein stands at the bow of a ship, her arms aloft. She's belting out one of pop culture's most unforgettable, some would say unforgiveable melodies ...