Rumi Collection

Sussan Deyhim - Madman Of God (Divine Love Songs Of The Persian Sufi Masters)
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 311 MB | Full Artwork: 76 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Crammed Discs # craw 22 | Country/Year: Europe 2000
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Oriental Folk, World Music

Familiar folk music to generations of Iranians, Deyhim transcends the merely archival in her interpretations of these classic melodies with her rich, musty vocals and eclectic arrangements. More than ably assisting her are a cross-genre collection of musicians, including Raz Mesinai (aka Badawi), Reggie Workman, Karsh Kale, Horowitz, cellist Dawn Bukholtz Andrews, and Reza Derakhshani on a variety of stringed traditional instruments. Deyhim certainly exercises her gift with flourish; the largely wordless vocal of "Daylaman (Inextricable)" or her show-stopping imitation of tablas on "Negara (Mesmerized Mirror)" are but two striking examples. Together with performances like the elegiac "Hamcho Farhad (Our Tears, Our Wine, Our Sight)" and "Navai (Savage Bird)," with its distinctly Celtic undertones, this album is actually more accessible than her more avant-garde (though equally entrancing) efforts with Horowitz.