Apr 17, 2016

DiHaj on BBC Azeri

DiHaj, Caucasus Music Awards, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2016

Last month saw the annual Caucasus Music Awards held in Tbilisi, arguably the cultural centre of the South Caucasus, and featuring bands from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Because of time I couldn’t do as much reporting as I’d like, but did get a chance to interview Azerbaijani Experimental Doom Pop band, DiHaj for the BBC’s Azerbaijan Service.

More photos of all or most of the bands performing can be found on my Facebook page.

DiHaj, Caucasus Music Awards, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2016

From Key West to Key Failures – The Demise of the OSCE Minsk Group

Jan 15, 2025

When I moved to Yerevan in October 1998, it was rare to hear much positive conversation about the future of Armenia or Karabakh. That had also been the case when I visited the country on a research trip earlier that June. Many were already tired of the conflict and few seemed enthused with a new regime that had just come to power after the ousting the country’s first president earlier that year.

Interview on Armenia-Azerbaijan Normalisation

Dec 21, 2024

Earlier this month I was briefly interviewed by Nazrin Babayeva from Report.Az. It was published in two parts so included below is the full text in whole.