| Aynur / Rewend (Nomad) |
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| Album: | Rewend (Nomad) | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Aynur | Added: | Feb 2011 | |
| Label: | Arista | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2011-03-30 | ||
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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 | ||
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