Les Gardiens du Silence

Oct 11, 2017

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Les Gardiens du Silence, Tserakvi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2017

One of the standout bands at this year’s One Caucasus Festival in Georgia was undoubtedly the Baku-based Les Gardiens du Silence, a collective playing improvised world and spiritual music. They had also performed in Tbilisi a week earlier, and did so again soon after the festival, but it was their performances around a campfire at One Caucasus that was the most enjoyable.

After the festival I also interviewed one of the bands members when the band were back in Tbilisi. The band has a Facebook page here.

Bilateral, Not Mediated: Why Last Week’s Yerevan Meeting Mattered

Oct 31, 2025 | Armenia, Azerbaijan

On October 21, 2025, an Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) Gulfstream G650, call sign 4K-ASG, touched down at Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport. It was a historic event, commented many.

It was the first time an AZAL flight had landed in Armenia for three decades, claimed others. In fact, neither was correct though such minor inaccuracies probably don’t matter.