Last week I presented Classical Iranian music played on the jerry-rigged Western violin. This week, in technicolor, the real deal: the kamancheh, or spiked fiddle.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

*1. Tom! Bac! And Stay

Keyvan Chemirani - voice & percussion

4:42

2. Scattering Stars Like Dust

Kayhan Kalhor - kamancheh, Pejman Hadidi - tombak [goblet drum]

Kayhan Kalhor: Scattering Stars Like Dust

Traditional Crossroads, CD 4288

47:30

(The whole album is a suite, in the bold, martial tones of the Chahargah mode.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

*3. Agar tché (Quoi que)

Bijane Chemirani - saz [long-nceked lute], Maryam & Mardjane Chemirani - voice

5:40

4. My Eyes, My Heart

15:12

5. Between Dawn & Dawn a New Truth

21:23

6. Snowy Mountains

8:57

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

7. Traces of the Beloved

27:07

Tracks 4-7

Kayhan Kalhor - kamancheh; Shujaat Hussain Khan - sitar & voice; Swapan Chaudhuri - tabla (track 4); Rafiuddin Sabri - tabla (tracks 5, 6 & 7); Ravi Kumar - dholak [hand drum] (tracks 5 & 6); S. P. Bahlla - percussion (tracks 5 & 6)

Ghazal: As Night Falls on the Silk Road: Persian & Indian Improvisations
Shanachie, 66011

*8. Vaade kardi (Tu as promis)

Djamchid & Maryam Chemirani - voice

2:57

*9. Geisha djan

Keyvan Chemirani - tombak & percussion, Bijane Chemirani - bendir [frame drum] & tambourine

3:48

*10. Chabnam ya tainz (Rosée du matin)

Djamchid, Keyvan & Bijane Chemirani - tombak trio

1:50

*11. Le retour de Molla Nasr'din

Keyvan Chemirani - tombak & percussion, Bijane Chemirani - tombak & cajón [box drum]

9:37

*12. Qalam kar

Djamchid, Keyvan & Bijane Chemirani - tombak trio

3:37

*13. Goftégou (Conversation)

Djamchid Chemirani - tombak, Bijane Chemirani - riq [small tambourine], Keyvan Chemirani - udu [clay water jug]

8:36

*Tracks 1, 3, 8-13

Chemirani Trio: Qalam Kar

Iris Music, 3001 854