World Routes - The Kamkars

One of the leading lights of contemporary Iranian music with a following that has already extended to Iraq and Turkey, the Kamkars perform arrangements of ancient Kurdish folk songs and works from the Persian classical tradition. The ensemble is a family of seven brothers and a sister and the instruments they play range from the lute-like oud and setar, to the santur (an Iranian form of the hammered dulcimer) and the daf (a type of frame drum). Lucy Duran introduces highlights from their concert, given as part of the Barbican's Ramadan Nights - "a celebration of the rich diversity of the world's Muslim cultures, which conincides with the Eid-al-Fitr festivities that take place at the end of Ramandan". The Kamkars Recorded on 27 September 2008 at the Barbican as part of Ramadan Nights. http://www.kamkars.net/about_en/ Hawai Siamal (8:18) Composed/arr: Arsalan Kamkar Amina Togola Kami (5:50) Composed/arr: Ardeshir Kamkar Kabuki; Shilera (10:13) Arranged: Hooshang Kamkar Interview with Arsalan Kamkar and Saba Kamkar Dil Shikaw (9:31) Composed/arr: Arsalan Kamkar Khasim Khan (8:40) Composed/arr: Hooshang Kamkar Khosha Hauraman (6:10) Composed/arr: Ardeshir Kamkar