| Hamasyan, Tigran / Red Hail |
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| Album: | Red Hail | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hamasyan, Tigran | Added: | 06/2009 | |
| Label: | Plus Loin Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 6 Sep | 30 Aug | 23 Aug | 2 Aug | 26 Jul | 12 Jul |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 27, 2022: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Aug 31, 2017) Shogher Jan (Dear Shogher) | 4. | Apr 21, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Falling | |
| 2. | Jul 13, 2021: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2012) Falling | 5. | Oct 20, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum Falling | |
| 3. | Aug 31, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Shogher Jan (Dear Shogher) | 6. | May 05, 2015: | In Your Ear Radio Part 1: Serpentine |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2009-07-02 | ||
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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 | ||
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