Who are ur favorite (& least favorite) Armenian singers?

[Azgaser]

The "namaz" thing rocks!

If those singers that you mentioned are what is considered "rabiz", then rabiz is my thing!

Aram Asatryan and Tata sucks.

[xBaron Dants]

all those who underestimate adiss & instead give high scores to other "pioneers" have never heard his old records.

i myself discovered this recently:

- paul's "sev acher" was recorded by adiss in the early 70s.
- harout's "gyanki karousel", also recorded by adiss in the early 70s.
- harout's "yerker, yerker". sounds frighteningly similar to an adiss tune, also from the early 70s, called "varter, varter", with exactly the same tune & pretty much the same lyrics, except it's "varter" instead of "yerker"

there are others i cant think of right now, but i believe i've made my point

(sev acher of all songs!!! it's such a 'paul' song, yet adiss recorded it before paul had even recorded his first album!)

I didn't know "Varter, Varter", but in my head, it was always Adiss's "Sev Acher" and "Gyanki Carousel".

[HyeJinx1984]

Well, let's see.... the only Armenian CDs I own (all bought rather recently):

Serart
Karina
Krispineh Bebelyan - Vor Heshes
Djivan Gasperyan - Ask me no Questions
Zulal

I don't know if any of those are considered particularly good for most Armenians, but even with just those five CDs... there's a varity, lol.

[shakhs]

Sako is very modern, maybe you guys should go to his site, it www.sako1.com

[Harut82]

beautifully done website

[Genuine_Stud]

Sako is very modern, maybe you guys should go to his site, it www.sako1.com

Yea.... Sevada Productions does nice work.

Does anyone know if they're based in Armenia or the U.S.?

[Andranik]

Harout Pamboukjian and Paul Baghdadlian RULE. They are legends of Armenian music.

[messiah33]

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[Stark Evade]

I'm a pretty crappy singer and I'm Armenian.

[Siamanto]

I don't know much about Armenian singers, but I'm certainly enjoying "Armenian Lullabies" sang by Hasmik Haroutiounian of the Shoghakn Folk Ensemble. I will post some my favorites.