Mamak Khadem
The Road
Innova 921
Continuing my Jostojoo journey with The Road, I have followed my passion for new influences across borders from northern Iran to Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Morocco and Indonesia. I continue to be delighted by the ability of musicians from disparate backgrounds to collaborate, energize and inspire each other in creating innovative arrangements that joyfully transcend genre. My search for common threads and powerful traditional melodies remains a driving force behind my music and when I can use elements from my Iranian heritage such as the poetry of Rumi to reimagine a song from another culture, time and place, my emotions soar. The freedom of musical expression sustains me; when there is music there is community, there is acceptance, there is life.
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1 |
A Thousand Strings |
5:11 |
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2 |
Romance |
5:22 |
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3 |
Do, Don’t |
5:08 |
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4 |
Flaming Sun |
4:59 |
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5 |
High Sea |
3:31 |
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6 |
Little Gem |
3:41 |
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7 |
STARDUST |
5:12 |
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8 |
Navaii |
2:29 |
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9 |
Pledge |
4:44 |
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10 |
Hunstman |
4:13 |
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11 |
Those Eyes |
4:49 |
Traditional melodies from Iran (Baluchistan, Gilan, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan) Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece.Produced by Jamshied Sharifi | Executive Produced by Mamak Khadem
Mixed by Jamshied Sharifi | Mastered by Andy VanDette at Evolve Mastering
Recorded in Macedonia, Bulgaria, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, and on the road.
All arrangements by Jamshied Sharifi and Mamak Khadem, except:
Little Gem and A thousand Strings by Jamshied Sharifi
Huntsman by Sofia Labropoulou, Jamshied Sharifi, and Mamak Khadem
Guitar interlude on A Thousand Strings composed by Jorge Strunz
Brass arrangements on Those Eyes and Do Don’t by Džambo Agušev and Mamak Khadem
Cello arrangements on Huntsman and Flaming Sun by Yoed Nir
Cello arrangements on A Thousand Strings and Little Gem by Jamshied Sharifi and Yoed Nir
Kamancheh arrangement on High Sea by Mehdi Bagheri
Mamak Khadem | voice
with special guests
Jorge Strunz & Ardeshir Farah | nylon-string guitars
Mino Cinelu | percussion
Pezhham Akhavass | tombak, dayereh, daf
Mehdi Bagheri | kamancheh, alto kamancheh
Anders Boström | bamboo flutes, alto flute
Marc Copely | acoustic & electric guitars, mandolins
Ramesh Kannan | tabla
Sahba Motallebi | tar, setar, shoorangiz
Yoed Nir | cello, electric cello
Jamshied Sharifi | keyboards, bass, accordion, tambur
Afif Taian | oud
Dafer Tawil | riq
Benjamin Wittman | percussion
Džambo Agušev | trumpet
Kočo Agušev | trumpet
Džemal Agušev | trumpet
Sunaj Mustafov | trumpet
Džafer Fazliov | tenor horn
Elvijan Demirovski | tenor horn
Mustafa Zejnelov | tenor horn
Ali Zekirov | tenor horn
Šukri Dževatov | helicon
Redžep Nedžatov | drums
Orfej Čakalovski | percussion
Ivan Chardakov | gaida, clarinet
Iva Gidikova, Yanka Atmadjova,
Yvanka Paunova, Petya Panayoyova |
Bulgarian voices, hand claps
Special thanks to
Bojan Dordevic, Tzvetanka Varimezova,
Sohrab Mahdavi, Yatrika Shah-Rais,
and last but not least Jamshied Sharifi
who continues to make this journey with me.
Liner Notes by Ronda Berkeley
Cover Design by Mher Vahakn
Innova Director: Philip Blackburn
Operations Director: Chris Campbell
Publicist: Steve McPherson
Innova is supported by an endowment from the McKnight Foundation.