| Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kronos Quartet |
| Cover: | Kronos rainbow.jpg |
| Recorded: | September 2008–March 2009 |
| Genre: | Contemporary classical, mugham, ashiq |
| Label: | Smithsonian Folkways (#40527) |
| Producer: | David Harrington, Theodore Levin, Fairouz R. Nishanova |
| Prev Title: | Floodplain |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Uniko |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 is an album by the Kronos Quartet, in collaboration with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi. The album is released by Folkways Records as a co-production between the Smithsonian Institution and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia.
Track 1 recorded at Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, March 2009
Tracks 2-6 recorded at Livingston Recording Studios, London, England, September 2008