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Balochistan鈥檚 mystery benjo man, part 2

How the elderly Pakistani benjo player Noor Bakhsh went from serenading his goats in the jungles of Balochistan to performing for revellers on the European festival circuit.

How Ustad Noor Bakhsh, a Pakistani shepherd in his 70s, became a folk music star

After hunting for four years, Pakistani ethnomusicologist Daniyal Ahmed finally finds Ustad Noor Bakhsh, an elderly shepherd and master of the electric benjo 鈥� an obscure stringed instrument with typewriter keys. With Daniyal鈥檚 help, Ustad Noor would go from serenading his goats in the jungles of Balochistan to performing for revellers on the European festival circuit.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Translation: Wajid Baloch

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