IRAQI MUSIC IN A TIME OF WAR

VoxLox

– Introduction…
– The Second Baghdad
– Introduction…
– Dance of the Palms
– Introduction…
– Dream
– Introduction…
– Sunset of the City
– Introduction…
– Missing
– Introduction…
– Iraqi Faces
– Introduction…
– Yearning
– Introduction…
– Horses
– Introduction…
– Eastern Love

I’m impressed by how modest virtuosity can be in a classical tradition that honors simplicity. And I’m drawn in by the historical context, which implicates me in that tradition. Robert Christgau, the village voice