The popular Burmese rock band Iron Cross is using music to challenge the nation's infamously repressive regime. Writer and radio producer Scott Carrier recently visited Burma, and he reports that in ...

YANGON, MYANMAR — The military government’s tightening grip doesn’t give people here much to sing about, and when they do feel the urge to make music, even that can be risky. The generals who rule ...

Released in 2000, Sa Tin Chin, or Beginning, by Acid, was Myanmar’s first hip hop album and dealt with the challenges of everyday life in the country in a way rarely touched on in other Burmese music.

Putting aside any thought of the grim circumstances they left behind, a dozen new Burmese refugees lifted their voices Monday in the crowded vestibule of the International Institute on Delaware Avenue ...

For seven hundred years, serpentine songs of glorious kings, ancient wealth, and deep love have echoed at weddings and social occasions in Myanmar (Burma). Though steeped in musical and literary ...