Bizimkiler: Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack (Folk Cover) / www.MapVIO.com

The project was created by the ANS holding in 2012, and since then they’ve been giving an amazing ethnic Azeri sound to hits from all over the globe, from Pink Floyd to T.a.T.u. “We mostly just picked songs from my iPhone’s playlist,” says the projects manager. The musicians only use Azerbaijani folk instruments for their reimagined cover versions, but only play foreign songs, to bring the average Azerbaijani listeners closer to their own culture.

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