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Re: The Quality/Progressive Armenian Music Thread
Well....I was hoping to be able to update the original post as members introduce new bands, so we could have it all in one place, but this forum doesn't allow you to edit after a certain amount of time. So, as much as I hate doing it this way (I find it gets very messy), I guess we'll just have to keep adding on.
Rosy Armen
Rosy was a stunning looking French Armenian singer with a phenomenal voice, as you'll see in the 1st video below. And as you'll see in the second video, she's maintained it quite well even in her golden years. However, finding her music is rather difficult, as I don't believe anything of hers was ever released on CD, unfortunately. You'll have to dig around to find her albums on vinyl, but it's well worth it if you do.
Kisher Tsereg
Wild Mountain Flower, For Whom Didst Thou Bloom?
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Hasmik Leyloyan
This is Kanun mastery. Classic folk sounding music that's been jazzed up a bit, but the Kanun echoes loudly with its ancient Armenian sound, and she is a virtuoso at playing it. Just effortless. She's won several international awards for her play. There are actually quite a few of her videos on YouTube, but I will just post a couple. I trust you can find the rest from there.
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Par Hasmik
It appears that the domain name to her official site expired just days ago, but I will leave it up here in case it comes back up
Well....I was hoping to be able to update the original post as members introduce new bands, so we could have it all in one place, but this forum doesn't allow you to edit after a certain amount of time. So, as much as I hate doing it this way (I find it gets very messy), I guess we'll just have to keep adding on.
Rosy Armen
Rosy was a stunning looking French Armenian singer with a phenomenal voice, as you'll see in the 1st video below. And as you'll see in the second video, she's maintained it quite well even in her golden years. However, finding her music is rather difficult, as I don't believe anything of hers was ever released on CD, unfortunately. You'll have to dig around to find her albums on vinyl, but it's well worth it if you do.
Kisher Tsereg
Wild Mountain Flower, For Whom Didst Thou Bloom?
Official Site
Hasmik Leyloyan
This is Kanun mastery. Classic folk sounding music that's been jazzed up a bit, but the Kanun echoes loudly with its ancient Armenian sound, and she is a virtuoso at playing it. Just effortless. She's won several international awards for her play. There are actually quite a few of her videos on YouTube, but I will just post a couple. I trust you can find the rest from there.
Impromptu
Par Hasmik
It appears that the domain name to her official site expired just days ago, but I will leave it up here in case it comes back up
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