Culture Takeover: Kordz on music and Georgian politics

This week, editor Yousef Bardouka and culture and features editor Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning took over the Caucasus Digest to speak with Kordz, a Georgian musician and producer, about his work, the making of his last album with his mother, Tamriko Kordzaia, and the cancellation of his concert in Gori following a smear campaign by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

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• Kordz concert cancelled over 'security concerns' after smear campaign by Georgian Dream

Recommendations from Kordz, Yousef, and Xandie:

• Kordz has recommended that listeners check out Goat Niko, a young freestyle rapper from Georgia who regularly posts videos on TikTok.

• Yousef has recommended the album 'Nejeguje' by Circassian multi-instrumentalist Astemir Marshenkulov.

• Xandie has recommended Aka Morchiladze's 2007 novel, 'Of Old Hearts and Sword', which she recently reviewed a new 2025 English translation of for OC Media's culture section. 

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