Now up, the ninth episode of my GlobeSongs YouTube series, featuring the Azerbaijani song “Qal, Sene Qurban” (“Stay, You for Whom I Would Sacrifice”). This is a song that I learned and started performing during my Peace Corps service in Azerbaijan, and it appears on my 2013 album Who Are My People?. If you’d like…
Tag: Azerbaijan
Qutab Bliss
I had a few bunches of greens in the fridge yesterday, including cilantro, some leftover parsley, and green onions, so I decided to try making the Azerbaijani stuffed flatbread dish qutab which was one of my favorites (I also remember it being called afar). At first, thinking of the dough, I was wary of the…