"The musical instruments used in Xam singing are diverse, including a monochord, two-string violin, drum, bamboo tocsin, castanets, and so on. In my opinion, Xam might be one of the most familiar art ...

Traditional folk music doesn’t usually get widespread attention, especially among the young generation, so Xam (blind busker's singing) is even stranger to them. Despite this, over the last decade Thu ...

A typical xam performance will feature drums, castanets, a dan nhi (bowed instrument with two strings) and dan bau (monochord instrument). The players of all these instruments sing together when they ...