Fragments of Longing
After 12 years, during which time I was concentrating on writing a novel more than playing music, I finally produced a new album, with strong Indian, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian and Armenian influences. In fact there was so much material waiting to come out that it was too much for a single album, so it became a double CD, whose full title is:
Scattered to the Winds and
Cast Adrift on the Ocean
Disc 1
1. Sheriar (duduk with drone)
2. Yezdan (chant Yezdan Rama Krishna Elahi Buddha Jesus Allah)
3. Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Spanish guitar Francisco Tárrega)
4. Gujerati Shepherd (Gujerati Arti played on duduk)
5. Japu Toomhara Naam (Flamenco version of ghazal by Bhau Kalchuri)
6. The Ant and the Sparrow (Spanish guitar, vocal and viola)
Disc 2
1. Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
2. Cool Breeze and Fire (Armenian tune on duduk with Spanish guitar)
3. Zagorski Baba (Russian Orthodox hymn singing Meher Baba's name)
4. Eli Eli (Hebrew song)
5. Footsteps of the White Horse (duduk with overtone drone)
6. The Swallow flew off laughing when they said 'Don't run before you can walk' (sitar, vocal and viola improvisation inspired by Shujaat Husain Khan)