| Kalhor, Kayhan & Brooklyn Rider / Silent City |
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| Album: | Silent City | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Kalhor, Kayhan & Brooklyn Rider | Added: | Nov 2008 | |
| Label: | Harmonia Mundi Usa | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-11-23 | Pull Date: | 2009-01-25 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 25 | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 | Nov 30 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 25, 2009: | Loxodromica Silent City | 4. | Jan 20, 2009: | Inauguration Special At the Cafe Bohemian Ascending Bird | |
| 2. | Jan 24, 2009: | Music Casserole Paraz | 5. | Jan 14, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged | |
| 3. | Jan 23, 2009: | Memory Select Paraz | 6. | Jan 13, 2009: | Global warming at the Cafe Bohemian Ascending Bird |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-11-24 | ||
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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 |
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| 1. | Ascending Bird | 3. | Paraz | |||
| 2. | Silent City | 4. | Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged |