Looking for guidance re: traditional instruments!

I don't know if this fits ... but Stephen Micus is all about a lot of traditional instruments, and has been since his first album ... leave it to ECM to show it!

But there is another one, I would like to introduce, that we probably will laugh at it and think that Mosh is just kidding ... PDQ Bach deserves a mention here for the many ... "instruments" he added to the music ... like the kazoo, the bicycle, and many other things, which may seem like a joke, but when used so beautifully within the context of the music, it's another story. Not to mention that almost all of these were done/used with local orchestras, all learning the "music" and having to maintain their composure during the great bits. The concert I saw him in, was too much ... I had to leave for a couple of minutes, TWICE, because it was just too much and too strong ... and he wouldn't let up! You just don't think of music that way!

Try to see if you can make it through "Seasonings, 1/2 tsp" ... and appreciate the kazoo in a very different role ... the bombastic blow out!

Some excellent Dutar, Dilruba, Oud, Saz, Tambura etc... prog from Embryo

I host a radio show called Slutlord Sunday School that tries to hone in on certain themes from week to week and I've always been most drawn to prog, proto metal, and most things coming out of Japan in the 70s, etc.

Right now I am consumed with an obsession which is to find progressive rock or alternative styles of jazz or whatever that utilize traditional eastern instruments - in particular, the shakuhachi, a la OSAMU KITAJIMA.. GOOD, solid records that use these instruments in creative ways. I don't really want anything post 1980. 

Would love recommendations around this idea that I can explore - could be western groups incorporating these influences, or eastern groups at that time making use of their native instruments in new ways, I just prefer 1970s, generally speaking!

Thanks a million!