Sevara Nazarkhan - Yol Bolsin
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Artist: Sevara NazarkhanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-11-18
Music Label: Real World
Soundtracks:
- Yor-Yor (Song to the Bride)
- Soqinomai Bayot
- Adolat Tanovari (Song of Adolat)
- El Nozanin (Beautiful)
- Yol Bolsin (Where Are You Going?)
- Galdir
- Moghulchai Navo (Mochul Melody)
- Gazli
- Orik Gullaganda (When Apricot Blossoms)
- Yallajonim (My Dearest Song)
- Alla (Bahtimga Lullaby)
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Music Review: Fantastic Uzbek Music
Rating: 5 Stars
The former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan is the world's third largest producer of cotton. It is one of the two "doubly landlocked" countries in the world, surrounded entirely by countries which have no coastline. It has large reserves of natural gas and oil, and is the home of Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent, major cities on the Great Silk Road.
But that's not important: what is important is that it is also the home of Sevara Nazarkhan. Her CD Yol Bolsin fuses traditional Central Asian music with Western influences -- samples, electric guitars, keyboards -- in a mix which is truly "World Music." These are songs which wouldn't be out of place on a flat dusty steppe or in a chillout room.
Some world music purists may scoff at this CD, because of its "pop touches." They forget that "World Music" doesn't exist in a glass case. Rock and pop music can be found in Uzbek markets, or heard on Russian and Uzbek-language radio stations. Hector Zazou's sampled electric guitar fits in perfectly alongside Toir Kuziyev's doutar (two-stringed lute) and his electronic beats provide a counterpoint to Shurat Mirusmanov's doira. In Uzbekistan "folk" music isn't something embalmed; it's a living tradition, which incorporates new influences as it preserves old ones.
Above all this is Sevara's voice: her powerful trills, strong as the noonday sun and delicate as a mirage, have an edge of melancholy which evokes heartache, longing, and the endless lonely desert. Classically trained at the Tashkent State Conservatoire, she takes folk, peasant and Sufi melodies and makes them not timeless but immediate. It's easy to see why she's a major star in Uzbekistan... and why she could, or should be, a major star worldwide.
If you like World Music, you're almost certain to like this one. If you haven't yet been exposed to Something New, this is a great start. It's different enough to be interesting and tuneful enough to go down easy, and its melodies will slip into your subconscious like sand blown on a hot desert wind will slip past your defenses. Broaden your horizons; buy this CD. (And, if you get a chance, see Sevara Nazarkhan live when she comes to your town with Peter Gabriel).
Description of Yol Bolsin
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Yol Bolsin is an intriguing new export traveling west on Asia's Silk Road. The debut of 25-year-old Uzbeki singer and doutar player Sevara Nazarkhan, the album combines the rich musical tradition of her Central Asian country and fuses it with the modern sounds of noted French-Algerian producer Hector Zazou. Like much of the best stuff to come out on Real World, the combination here is timely and timeless, with Zazou's modern sounds simply providing a tasteful backing to the plucked, lutelike lines of Nazarkhan and fellow doutar player Toir Kuziyev. A pop star in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, Nazarkhan has a soaring, conservatory-trained voice that conveys myriad emotions with range and an intonation enriched with deft shading. It's a voice that puts her in a league with such modern global pop divas as Natacha Atlas, Gigi, and Sheila Chandra. Particularly strong are the hauntingly ambient "Galdir," the undulating "Moghulchai Navo," and the surprisingly funky title track. --Tad Hendrickson
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