Lasha Chapel is fusing traditional Georgian music with fresh electronica in a bid to unite a nation
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How Batumi’s DIY ethos primed Georgia’s tourist-starved beach resort for a summer of change
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Get to know Georgian culture with Gen-Z tunes, arthouse films and dark comedy
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        A portrait of Tbilisi coming to life, captured in one joyful music video 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        A little relief: soothing sounds for uncertain times
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        ‘A lot of us are disconnected’: Georgia’s Sophia Saze on homesickness and vulnerability in electronic music 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Listen to the ‘ghetto sci-fi’-styled drop from the duo tearing up Tbilisi’s hip-hop scene
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Dance inside the ancient Georgian fortress getting ready to hold its first ever rave
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Georgian mega rave GEM Fest cancelled after being shunned by officials
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Restless: catch the latest feel-good EP from Georgian DJ Gacha Bakradze
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Electronauts: watch a documentary on the pioneers of 90s Georgian electronica
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Arrest of two rappers sparks protest in Tbilisi and Batumi
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Hear Georgian composer Giya Kancheli’s Mourned by the Wind tomorrow in London
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        In winter: singer Katie Melua explores her Georgian roots
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Georgia wins 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest