Batyrkhan Shukenov: Voice That Taught Us What Home Means

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. There are songs that don’t just become popular. Instead, they settle into the bloodstream of a country. Over time, they stop belonging to the artist and start belonging to people. They become something close to an unofficial national language of feeling. For Batyrkhan Shukenov, or Batyr, as he was known at home and far beyond,… The post Batyrkhan Shukenov: Voice That Taught Us What Home Means appeared first o...

By Fatima Kemelova