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Recording of the Week: The world’s rarest traditional musical instrument?

This week’s selection comes from Jim Hickson, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Buduma musicians playing the biram, 1967. Photo courtesy of Guy Immega. The focus of this week’s recording is unusual in a few different ways. It’s a recording of the biram, made in the city of…


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