Aynur / Rewend (Nomad)
Album: Rewend (Nomad)   Collection:World
Artist:Aynur   Added:Feb 2011
Label:Arista  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-03-20 Pull Date: 2011-05-22 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: May 22 May 1 Apr 24 Apr 17 Apr 10 Apr 3 Mar 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 2 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 02, 2013: Mediterraneans
Xewn - Dream
4. Apr 17, 2012: Mediterraneans
Xewn - Dream
2. Nov 06, 2012: Mediterraneans
Dawzer - Yellow Dress
5. Feb 07, 2012: Mediterraneans
Improvisation Of Bêrîvanê
3. Jun 05, 2012: Mediterraneans
Rewend - Nomad
6. Dec 15, 2011: Mediterraneans
Xewn - Dream

Album Review
Abu Ramses
Reviewed 2011-03-30
Aynur, “Rewend” (Nomad)
Arista/Sony, 2010) – ALL TRACKS FCC CLEAN
Reviewed by Abu Ramses

Immensely popular Aynur Dogan is Turkey’s first Kurdish star vocalist & the musical face of Turkish Kurds. She sings mostly in Kurdish, especially folk tunes - a highly political act - with some Turkish. Rhythms, sounds & instrumentation are mainly traditional - ney (flute), oud, kemençe (spike fiddle), zirne (oboe-like), daf (frame drum), tembur (saz), harp, & tabla (goblet drum). Some western instruments (double base, guitar). Original album liner notes have lyrics and translations.

Try 1, 2, 3, 10, 11-12
Tracks

1. Rewend (Nomad) – Kurdish; Frame drum intro; alternates eerie, droning with more melodic parts. (like Scandinavian folk tunes?) - 3:46
2. Xivse (a place name) – Kurdish, upbeat, saz intro, backup singers - 3:43
3. Xewn (Dream) – Kurdish; features harp & Aynur's solo voice - 5:07
4. Koçere (Nomad Girl)– Kurdish; mid-tempo, solo voice accompanied by light background instrumentation and full ensemble on breaks - 4:25
5. Yaranmaz Ashik (Coarse Lover) – Turkish. Slow, mournful, solo song of unfaithful love with wailing solo kemençe (fiddle) on breaks- 4:20
6. Dotmame (Cousin/If only) Kurdish – A slow, traditional “eastern” sound, with tembur, oud, guitar and several unusual wind instruments - 2:45.
CAREFUL: No pause before next track
7. Improvisation of Bérivané – walking tempo, wind instruments -1:32
8. Delalé (My beauty) – Kurdish; proud country girl boldly struts her stuff over an instrumental drone. CAREFUL: Ends around 3:10 - 3:22
9. Şin U Şaye (Grief and Happiness) – traditional Kurdish lyrics, eerie chanting, like an incantation, then ney (flute) solo - 3:57
10. Gézalé (Story of Gézalé) – Kurdish tale of a young woman married off to someone other than her true love; choral bridge, saz, and slow, solo
vocal - 5:01
11. Dawzer (Yellow Dress) – traditional Kurdish, slow intro, upbeat folk dance, jazz-style electric guitar improv (foretaste of next track) - 2:39
CAREFUL: No pause before next track
12. Improvisation of Dawzer – zirne takes the lead in jazz-style improv - 3:24

Track Listing
1. Rewend - Nomad   7. Improvisation Of Bêrîvanê
2. Xivse   8. Delalê - My Beauty
3. Xewn - Dream   9. Sin U Saye - Grief & Happiness
4. Koçeré - Nomad Girl   10. Gezale
5. Yaranmaz Asik - Coarse Lover   11. Dawzer - Yellow Dress
6. Dotmamé (Xwezila) Cousin (If Only)   12. Gowende Dawzerê - Improvisation Of Dawzere