Oct 8, 2026 · 5 min · 7 segments
Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual is a new podcast hosted by Grammy Award-winning musician and Silkroad Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens. *Sanctuary* is produced in partnership with PRX…
Rhiannon GiddensHostIndian classical music has not only survived, it has thrived for thousands of years despite colonization.
And the way it's taught, nobody could take it away from us.
And it's constantly growing.
But in making sanctuary, we're not just mashing our sounds together like some sort of blended soup.
We're listening and making space to hear each voice individually, each ingredient identifiable and delicious, especially together.
A Giurgiuna is a really lively, fast ten-eight that's found in Anatolian music.
It's full of fantasy and rhapsody, and we break into some wonderful improvisation in the group.
and always improvising by using micro-variations which could make something repetitive always interesting.
You variate these few notes by changing the rhythm, the bowing technique, the subdivisions.
Indian classical music has not only survived, it has thrived for thousands of years despite colonization.
And the way it's taught, nobody could take it away from us.
And it's constantly growing.
But in making sanctuary, we're not just mashing our sounds together like some sort of blended soup.
We're listening and making space to hear each voice individually, each ingredient identifiable and delicious, especially together.
A Giurgiuna is a really lively, fast ten-eight that's found in Anatolian music.
It's full of fantasy and rhapsody, and we break into some wonderful improvisation in the group.
and always improvising by using micro-variations which could make something repetitive always interesting.
You variate these few notes by changing the rhythm, the bowing technique, the subdivisions.
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