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Login Kalhor, Kayhan & Brooklyn Rider / Silent City Album: Silent City   Collection: World Artist: Kalhor, Kayhan & Brooklyn Rider   Added: 11/2008 Label: Harmonia Mundi Usa   A-File Activity Add Date: 2008-11-23   Pull Date: 2009-01-25   Charts: Reggae/World Week Ending: 25 Jan 18 Jan 11 Jan 4 Jan 21 Dec 14 Dec 7 Dec 30 Nov Airplays: 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 Recent Airplay 1. Mon, 25 May 09: Rikyu Loxodromica 4. Tue, 20 Jan 09: Decca Inauguration Special At the Cafe Bohemian 2. Sat, 24 Jan 09: Eme O Music Casserole 5. Wed, 14 Jan 09: Red West Hand Wash in Coleslaw 3. Fri, 23 Jan 09: Wedge Memory Select 6. Tue, 13 Jan 09: Don Farrell Global warming at the Cafe Bohemian Album Review Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-11-24  Classical Persian music improvised with the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Kalhor is master of the kamancheh ( Iranian spiked fiddle) & a member of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Dastan & Ghazal ( all in the KZSU library) Fantastic, beautiful, powerfull & emotional bowed strings 1: 6:54 slow sparse noodling intro. then @ 3:10 fast soaring bowed strings 2: 29:10 haunting bowed strings, low & slow mournful meditation on the fate of the Kurdish Iraqi city of Halabja ( Saddam killed thousands with chemical weapons) ramps up a bit towards the end. 3: 6:23 the setar ( long neck lute with 4 strings) lighter bowed strings 4: 10:34 low bowed strings, Persian version of Romeo & Juliet probably used by troubadours traveling 14th Century Italy, France & Spain   D  Farrell 11/2008 Track Listing 1. Ascending Bird   3. Paraz 2. Silent City   4. Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged