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Yol Bolsin

Sevara Nazarkhan

With such a monolithic history, modernity can be easily sidelined. Yet, Sevara, the pop star, is no stranger to popular music trends. With samples, electric guitars and keyboards Yol Bolsin didn't fully begin to flower until record producer Hector Zazou, from France, immersed himself in the tastes and smells of contemporary Uzbekistan. Sevara jokes that she forced Zazou to eat, drink, and dress Uzbeki - and always central to this experience is pure tradition. For the album's doutar-playing, Sevara borrows the hands and experience of Toir Kuziyev, a master of instrumentation. The results are a collection of evocative songs recorded in Tashkent and Paris and finally mixed in the Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire. Yet Yol Bolsin remains outside time and essentially Central Asian.

  • imageAdd To Basketmore info£9.82Yol Bolsin - CD
    playYor-Yor (Song to the Bride)Sevara Nazarkhan4m 15s
    playSoqinomai BayotSevara Nazarkhan4m 53s
    playAdolat Tanovari (Song of Adolat)Sevara Nazarkhan4m 51s
    playEi Nozanin (Beautiful)Sevara Nazarkhan4m 14s
    playYol Bolsin (Where Are You Going?)Sevara Nazarkhan5m 29s
    playGaldirSevara Nazarkhan6m
    playMoghulchai Navo (Mochul Melody)Sevara Nazarkhan5m 52s
    playGazliSevara Nazarkhan5m 36s
    playOrik Gullaganda (When Apricot Blossoms)Sevara Nazarkhan4m 52s
    playYallajonim (My Dearest Song)Sevara Nazarkhan4m 15s
    playAlla (Bahtimga Lullaby)Sevara Nazarkhan6m 38s
Yol Bolsin at realworldrecords.com