Tigran’s website says he plays “atmospheric punk jazz improvisations fused with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia”. Me? My binge is in its sixth day and I still have no idea what I’m listening to. But I’m still listening.
Continue reading...Tigran Hamasyan
242: Dhafer Youssef, ‘Les Ondes Orientales’ (with Tigran Hamasyan)
Dhafer Youssef, a Tunisian oudist and muezzin-styled vocalist, with Tigran Hamasyan an Armenian pianist. If I gave grades, this would get 100.
Continue reading...223: Ibrahim Maalouf, ‘Conspiracy Generation’
Flowers and pastels and hazy blonde girls tralalaing through a meadow of daisies. Pearl Moskowitz smiling at me in algebra.
I’m in love.