Total change of pace, but the whole point of this blog is to be innovative so here goes. As some of you might know, I come from a Persian (Iranian) background, so since childhood I have been exposed to Persian and world music. Mohammad Reza Shajarian (often known as just Shajarian), among others, is regarded as one of the masters of Persian music. This specific album is slightly different than typical traditional Persian music, but keeps such a beautiful flow and atmosphere that I thought it was 100% blog worthy for you listeners. Go into this open-minded, some of it may seem very slow, but the mood and vague, vague rhythm it builds eventually gets into segments so wonderful that it would be worth listening to an entire, God forbid, 45 minutes of mood building alone prior to. So check it out, be sure to be open minded but for any true fan of music, I'm sure this will be enjoyable. If it gets good feedback, I may put some other Persian music up here in the future.
PS. All the song titles have been translated from the original Farsi (Persian).
Genres: Traditional Persian music, Middle Eastern music, world music
- "Silence of the Night" - 3:54
- "Desert" - 6:15
- "Instrument & Vocal (Poem by Baba Taher)" - 8:29
- "Desert Night" - 2:15
- "Rain (Lyrics by Ali Mo'allem)" - 9:36
- "Festive Occasion" - 6:51
- "Dotar Instrumental" - 2:11
- "Setar Instrumental" - 6:19
- "Instrumental & Vocal (Ghazal by Attar Naishabouri)" - 10:46
- "Lover's Plight (Ghazal by Houshang Ebthaj)" - 6:07
