Hope in an Empty City
Hope in an Empty City | ||||
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Studio album by Joseph Tawadros | ||||
Released | 9 July 2021[1] | |||
Recorded | 29 June 2017 and 7 May 2021 | |||
Studio | Avatar Studio, New York and London | |||
Length | 77:55 | |||
Label | Joseph Tawadros | |||
Producer | Joseph Tawadros | |||
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Hope in an Empty City is a studio album by Australian, multi-instrumentalist and oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros. The album was self-released in July 2021.
Joseph Tawadros said "Before COVID-19 hit, I ventured into a New York studio with four innovative musicians and we came up with some solid, quite surprising tracks – flavoured with Middle Eastern and jazz elements – and creating a lush, spacious organic sound, quite unlike my previous albums. The album is very eclectic, with fast-paced numbers, blues and jazz grooves, slow and meditative pieces and some of my more contemplative solo oud improvisation. It has been a real journey of emotions and genres as I wrote then played these new pieces with the band and I'm delighted with the result. It's an adventurous recording for me and I hope it will add a little something to the musical landscape."[2]
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[3]
At the AIR Awards of 2022, the album was nominated for Best Independent Jazz Album or EP.[4]
Track listing
- "Smoke and Mirrors" - 5:56
- "The Longer Road" - 5:17
- "Everything Is You" - 4:43
- "Abou Cromb (For John Abercrombie)" - 2:33
- "Devil's Advocate" - 4:40
- "Tit for Tat" - 1:59
- "Von Brandy" - 3:25
- "The Light of Your Being" - 4:31
- "Your Memory Still Lingers" - 4:08
- "An End Without Chance" - 5:36
- "The Empty City" - 6:47
- "Man Plans, God Laughs" - 4:47
- "Happier Times" - 5:55
- "My Wish for You" - 5:19
- "Dance of the Quarter Tones" - 3:59
- "Heart to Heart" - 3:59
- "Ya Lel (At Night)" - 4:21
- All words and music composed by Joseph Tawadros.
Personnel
- Joseph Tawadros (Oud)
- Layth Sidiq (Violin)
- Scott Colley (Double Bass)
- Dan Weiss (Drums)
- David "Fuze" Fiuczynski (Guitar)
References
- ^ "Hope in an Empty City". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Hope in an Empty City". Joseph Tawadros. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Nominees Announced For AIR Independent Music Awards 2022". musicfeeds. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.