Kani Sepi

Kamkars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kereshmeh Records
• ASIN: B00000JNAS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Kurdish Music

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars another artistic work from the talented Kamkars!, September 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kani Sepi (Audio CD)

Just as above review, I had the privilege to be present at the Kamkars concert in Washington, DC, and it was quite moving and exciting! The ensemble performed some of the tracks from the CD, and the attendees were emotionally so charged that a number of them started a dance circle,which grew larger and larger quickly, indeed a very moving and touching scene! The image of an old gentleman so overwhelmed by emotions and music, who started dancing in the middle of a seated crowd is forever eternally etched in my mind. The Kamkars' magic touch was at work that night in that small theatre! I would highly recommend this CD to those who cherish Kurdish folk music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kurds no friends but the mountains, August 27, 1999

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Goudarz Eghtedari ([e-mail]) (Portland, OR / USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kani Sepi (Audio CD)

I was privileged to attend Kamkars concert in Portland (organized by Andisheh Center) last night, where they played Kani Sepi's tracks live.

The music of Kamkars was quite amazing. Whether they played the ancient, mystical melodies of Iranian traditional music, or the exuberant joyful rhythms of a Kurdish dance, their music seems to encompass every shade of emotional and spiritual experience. I have been listening to their Kani sepi CD for few weeks now.

In many of Kani-Sepi's tracks one can simply hear the sounds of horses coming down the Zagros ranges as well as the drops of water in a mountainous spring, chanting of women in a wedding ceremony ("hahaleh") and/or their mourning for martyrs ("shehids"). I specially love tracks 1, 3, and 8 for their beat, that one can only find in Kurdish music and not in any other Persian folklore. Hardly one can listen to CD and stop shaking. The performing hall was exploding by people, an American old lady next to me told me I can hardly sit in my seat.

A very beautiful job and very informative CD cover.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, February 14, 2005

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Ali - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kani Sepi (Audio CD)

I am persian and I can tell you that the ancestors of the kurds were indeed the Medes. The Medes were a part of persia for thousands of years. Kurdistan is a mountainous region and some of it lies in Iran. The Kamkars are Persian(Iranian) Kurds. The names of the group members are even pure Iranian (Persian). There are different types of Persian musics: Urban classical, folk, tribal, and contemporary (westernized). The music of the Kurds falls under the tribal-folk categories. The Tar is deffinately a classical Persian instrument, though it is not as old as the barbat, setar, kamanche, harp, tanbour, daf, tombak, and the other instruments used by the Kamkars. The instruments used by the Kamkars are indeed Persian and are ancient instruments as depicted by ancient artworks. The Tar was introduced into the classical system during the early Qajar dynasty. Kurdish music is indeed a Persian tradition.