Red Hail
Jazz
| Jun 2009
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2009-07-02
Reviewed 2009-07-02
TIGRAN HAMASYAN & ARATTA REBIRTH: Red Hail
Plus Loin, 2009
MODERN JAZZ/FUSION – Dynamic, hard-hitting 3rd CD by this young Armenian piano phenom, with a band that draws heavily on the folk music of his homeland (with lovely vocals by Areni Agbabian) but comes on strong with solid jolts of rock energy. Hamasyan has a spiky, pointillist piano style like soft raindrops… or a thrashing hailstorm.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8
1. 9:04 – speedy piano squalls alternate with lilting vocal, soprano sax break
2. 3:11 – insistent rock riffing over high droning voice/keys; very repetitive
3. 3:17 – uptempo undulation, exotic melody, then hard guitar riff takes over
4. 5:49 – gentle and pretty, wordless vocal: sinuous melody, firm interludes
5. 4:51 – infectious: fast, jittery rhythm jostles against a floating melodic line
6. 8:24 – midtempo: lyrical but steely, a mélange of sounds but deadly serious
7. 1:53 – brief lyrical intro, then metallish guitar and smashing rhythm
8. 9:20 – mechanized “futuristic” fusion feel: rises slowly, then roams broadly
9. 5:43 – cont’d from #8: dreamlike, soft & atmospheric, then full of anxiety
10. 5:42 – melancholy folk ballad, just voice and piano
11. 6:09 – jazz/rock fusion, alternately blaring and calm, guitar solo dominates
12. 2:43 – traditional folk song, a cappella, quite nice, just a touch of sadness
[ Fo ] 07/02/09
Plus Loin, 2009
MODERN JAZZ/FUSION – Dynamic, hard-hitting 3rd CD by this young Armenian piano phenom, with a band that draws heavily on the folk music of his homeland (with lovely vocals by Areni Agbabian) but comes on strong with solid jolts of rock energy. Hamasyan has a spiky, pointillist piano style like soft raindrops… or a thrashing hailstorm.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8
1. 9:04 – speedy piano squalls alternate with lilting vocal, soprano sax break
2. 3:11 – insistent rock riffing over high droning voice/keys; very repetitive
3. 3:17 – uptempo undulation, exotic melody, then hard guitar riff takes over
4. 5:49 – gentle and pretty, wordless vocal: sinuous melody, firm interludes
5. 4:51 – infectious: fast, jittery rhythm jostles against a floating melodic line
6. 8:24 – midtempo: lyrical but steely, a mélange of sounds but deadly serious
7. 1:53 – brief lyrical intro, then metallish guitar and smashing rhythm
8. 9:20 – mechanized “futuristic” fusion feel: rises slowly, then roams broadly
9. 5:43 – cont’d from #8: dreamlike, soft & atmospheric, then full of anxiety
10. 5:42 – melancholy folk ballad, just voice and piano
11. 6:09 – jazz/rock fusion, alternately blaring and calm, guitar solo dominates
12. 2:43 – traditional folk song, a cappella, quite nice, just a touch of sadness
[ Fo ] 07/02/09
Recent airplay
Falling
No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2012) — Jul 13, 2021
Shogher Jan (Dear Shogher)
No Cover, No Minimum — Aug 31, 2017
Falling
No Cover, No Minimum — Apr 21, 2017
Falling
No Cover, No Minimum — Oct 20, 2016
Part 1: Serpentine
In Your Ear Radio — May 05, 2015
Falling
No Cover, No Minimum — May 23, 2014
Charting
2009-07-05 — 2009-09-06
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 6 | 1 |
| Aug 30 | 2 |
| Aug 23 | 1 |
| Aug 2 | 1 |
| Jul 26 | 1 |
| Jul 12 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Shogher Jan (Dear Shogher) | ||
| 2. | Red Hail (Of Pomegranate Seeds) | ||
| 3. | The Glass-Hearted Queen | ||
| 4. | Love Song | ||
| 5. | Falling | ||
| 6. | Sibylla | ||
| 7. | Corrupt | ||
| 8. | Part 1: Serpentine | ||
| 9. | Part 2: Moneypulated | ||
| 10. | Chinar Es (You Are As Tall As A Plane Tree) | ||
| 11. | The Awakening Of Mher (Mithra) | ||
| 12. | Amran Gisher (Summer Night) |