I have very seldom taken part in projects of which I truly can say that they changed me as a person. It might have happened four or five times before. Now it has happened again. I am speaking about the CD ”Lullabies from the Axis of Evil” this week being released in Norway, Sweden and Denmark on the label Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV). The album contains 14 lullabies from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan and Cuba. Every lullaby is presented in its original form sung by women from these countries, and then a western version with interpretations in English sung by singers like Nina Hagen (Germany), Eddi Reader (Scotland – Fairground Attraction), Sarah Jane Morris (England), Lila Downs (USA/Mexico) and Mimi (USA) is attached to it, within a musical landscape composed by Knut Reiersrud. Thus the record forms 14 small musical bridges between east and west. Tracklisting: 1. SAD SOL - YOU, MY DESTINY - MAHSA VAHDAT /SARAH JANE MORRIS 5:29 2. DILELOL - SLEEP, MY CHILD - AMEL KTHYER, HALLA BASSAM , EVA DAHLGREN 5:37 3. LALOLALO - DON'T YOU WORRY, MY CHILD - GHULAM KULSOOM SYED/ DOWNS LILA 3:30 4. YA LEL MA ATWALAK - THIS NEVER ENDING NIGHT - KARI BREMNES / RIM BANNA 6:36 5. LUNA, LUNA - LUNA, LUNA LITTLE DOLL - BAGHDADI MAYADA KILLISLY/ MIMI 4:57 6. PEACE SONG - BASSAM HALLA/ NAZARKHAN SEVARA 4:38 7. ARURU - LULLABY, SWEET BABY - MARTHA LORENZO / NINA HAGEN 4:42 8. STARS ARE RISING - LEE SUN JU/ READER EDDI 3:39 9. NAMI - ANGEL - CHACHATI VIVA KILLISLY/ CARDENAL KATIA 5:11 10. LALALALA GOHLE LALEH - MAHSA & MARJAN VAHDAT 3:57 11. NAMI YA LA ´AUBI - SLEEP MY DOLL - RIM BANNA / ANNISETTE 3:02 12. GOHLELALE - MY TULIP, MY PEARL - ZANGANEH PARI/ FREMERMAN ELANA 3:13 13. NAMI - LAMENT - SHOFANI JAWAHER 5:03 14. MAZAR - SOME DAY, MY BOY - ALI FANZYA KHAN/ ALI RAZYA KHAN 4:36 |
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