Name: Various Artists - Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings - New Responses
Brand: Various Artist

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HJRCD39

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-05-25

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4047179217125

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various Artist

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Folk

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double cd set. this is the fourth release in honest jon's series of albums exploring the earliest 78s held in the emi hayes archive. 'open strings' is a dazzling selection of virtuoso string-playing from egypt, iran, iraq and turkey, all recorded in the 1920s, and pretty much unheard ever since. in addition, 'open strings' includes a disc of newly-commissioned responses to the themes in this music by underground luminaries committed to the drone such as sir richard bishop of legendary sun city girls renown, west coast psych-guitarist ben chasny aka six organs of admittance, uk folk-guitarist rick tomlinson aka voice of the seven woods, and western massachusetts' raga-inspired duo, mv and ee. from resonant bow-drone, to frenetic fret-runs to delicate, circular acoustic musings to sitar fever-dreams, no matter the nationality, there is a resonance and truth in this music that is ancient, timeless and transcendent. scorchers past and present, every one. other artists include: micah blue smaldone, michael flower, charlie parr, bruce licher, paul metzger, and steffen basho-junghans.

Various Artists - Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings - New Responses

Music GB