Various Artists – Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar (2015) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Various Artists – Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:45 minutes | 388 MB | Genre: World
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“Hanoi Masters: War is a Wound, Peace is Scar” is a haunting audio document recorded in the summer of 2014 by Grammy-award winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Malawi Mouse Boys, The Good Ones). The sepia-tinged songs are sung and played live and direct by elderly Vietnamese musicians using half-forgotten traditional instruments. These musicians all have deep personal connections to the upheavals of the Vietnam War and the album’s mesmerizing mood navigates the blurred line between raw beauty and muted sadness. 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, a war these Hanoi musicians still call the “American War”, the wounds and scars of that era are ever-present. “Hanoi Masters” is an album of cautious healing and an unforgettable meditation on conflict, resistance, collective memory, and the longing for what has been lost.

Tracklist:

01. Phạm Mộng Hải – For the Fallen (01:59)
02. Phạm Mộng Hải – Help Us in This Life – Hát Văn (02:33)
03. Nguyễn Thị Lân – Road to Home – Về Quê (05:53)
04. Quôć Hùng – The Wind Blows It Away (01:00)
05. Võ Tuấn Minh – I Long to Return to My Hometown – Quê Mẹ (01:17)
06. Xuân Hoạch – Heroine Song – Hát Hầu Cô Bơ (04:47)
07. Xuân Hoạch – Doomed Love – Xẩm Huê Tình (03:50)
08. Nguyễn Thị Lân – The Rice Drum – Trống Cơm (01:02)
09. Xuân Hoạch – Gratitude – Xẩm Thập Ân (03:49)
10. Quôć Hùng – Please Wait for Me (01:06)
11. Phạm Mộng Hải – Taking Your Spirit to the Next World – Hát Lô Hương (08:23)

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