Ethno-Jazz project Baraka based in Riga (Latvia) continues its plunge into the mysterious world of oriental art. The new album was inspired by a thousand year old history of lyrical poetry from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

The main voice of "Gole Sangam" is a true bearer of the Tajik song tradition, a singer named Zarina Tadjibaeva, who's presently residing in Europe. She is assisted by the band permanent soloist Devika Evsikova and one more guest of the art project – performer Iran Raihi who reads verses of modern Iranian poets to the accompaniment of the band.

Ancient Persian ghazals and modern Central Asian pop music are intertwined with intricate jazz improvisations and mellifluous notes of lounge into a motley likeness of a Persian carpet."Gole Sangam" should certainly bridge yet another gap between the East and the West.

Interview with Dmitry Evsikov (BARAKA) about the album «Gole Sangam. Persian women's songs»

1. Gole Sangam (Anushirvan Rohani – Bijan Samandar, arr. Baraka)

I am like a stone flower, if you do not shine on me like The Sun with its rays. If you do not rain on me, there is nothing you can learn about me. Like the wind I am blowing around you besotted.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova   fretless bass, chapman stick,  vocal
Deniss Pashkevich   tenor sax
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Egor Kovaikov    guitar solo
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo

2  Taraneh Sayad (Traditional Persian Song arr. Baraka)

Let us go to the mountains where deer live, let us go to the glade where rabbits live. But there is a hunter, what if he kills the creatures of the forest? Hunter, do not kill them, otherwise your beloved will suffer, the souls of animals will not forgive you for this!

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova    chapman stick
Deniss Pashkevich   flute
Artem Sarvi    rhodes piano, synth solo
Egor Kovaikov    acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Marcis Vasilevskis    solo electric guitar
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo

3  Gar Buse Mikhahi (Baraka – Simin Behbabani)

A conversation between two lovers, who are far apart from each other.

Iran Riahi    spoken words
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Dmitry Evsikov    congo, bongo, darbuka
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick

4  Dareh Kamarab (Traditional song from Tajikistan arr. Baraka)

From the Komarob Gorge a pomegranate has been brought to a girl. What a beauty – the bride. The food is on the table, pilaw is ready, meet the guests.

Zarina Tadjibaeva    vocal
Egor Kovaikov    indian sitar
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts    tenor sax
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov    darbuka, ghatam
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, fretless bass, vocal

5  Ay Yare Narenji Joonom (Arya Aziminejad arr. Baraka)

Cruel is my fate, foreign land is not dear to me.
My joy, my love in an orange robe, remove
these chains from my shoulders!  Who would
have pity on us, soothe our sadness.

Zarina Tadjibaeva  vocal
Devika Evsikova    chapman stick, vocal
Egor Kovaikov    solo guitar
Madars Kalniņš   hammond B3 organ, synth solo
Dmitry Evsikov    congo, bongo, darbuka

6  Dar Intizori Yoram [Waiting For My Beloved] (Baraka)

инструментальная композиция

Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov    daff , tabla, bongo

7  Mastom Mastom (Traditional Persian Song arr. Baraka)

A flower blossoms in the meadow, no one can pick it – it will not even allow itself to be touched. So intoxiating is its fragrance that I do not notice how my fingers are hurt by the thorns.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova    vocal, chapman stick
Deniss Pashkevich   flute
Egor Kovaikov    acoustic guitar
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano, synth solo
Zigmund Zukovsky    bass
Dmitry Evsikov    congo

8 Halalash Bad (Baraka – Forough Farokhzad)

A lover is complaining: "I have given you everything I had, and it is fine, but i cannot forgive you because you misuded my love. I am disenchanted".

Iran Riahi   spoken words
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick
Jānis Amantov    trumpet
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Dmitry Evsikov   congo

9  Shekare Ahou (Traditional Persian Song, arr. Baraka)

I want to go to the mountains, to hunt deer, I want to meet you, conquer you, my beloved Laili. But where is my rifle? There, behind the village, you murdered your loved one, and wrote a letter with his blood. Your face is like The Moon, your glance is like an arrow,  your dark eyes took away my heart. I saw how the doves flew from the roof as you cast them into the sky.

Zarina Tadjibaeva    vocal
Devika Evsikova    vocal, chapman stick
Jānis Amantov   trumpet
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts   tenor sax
Madars Kalniņš      rhodes piano
Zigmund Zukovsky    fretless bass
Dmitry Evsikov    bongo, darbuka

10  Dareh Kamarab reprise  (Traditional Tajik song, arr. Baraka)

инструментальная композиция

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, fretless bass, vocal
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts    tenor sax
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov   darbuka, clay pot

11 Bibi Sanam Jonam  (Traditional  Afghan song, arr. Baraka)

My sweet Bibi Sanam, from the land where pomegranates grow. No one knew what was in our hearts.  No one appre- ciated our festivity. Aside from the wind in this strange city, no one understood  the meaning of our celebration. You have appeared in my dreams amidst thousands of flowers. Yet, I long to see you in my waking hours. Even if all the flowers in this world wither,  in my heart you will always blossom.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Eviksova   chapman stick, bass guitar
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Egor Kovaikov    indian sitar
Madars Kalniņš   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo, ghatam

12  Gole Goldoone Man (Fereidoon Shahbazian - Farhad Sheybani, arr. Baraka)

The flower in my vase was broken in the wind. Come back to me before I cry. Alas,
the night flower is no longer fragrant. Who picked this night flower?
A piece of the sky is full of rainbows, I am like the darkness, you are like The Moon.
If the wind does not touch your hair, I will get lost in the woods of your dreams.
My flower in the vase, my moonshine on the veranda, I am left without you like a fish without water.
The flower of all passions has withered, I have become a river, and my heart has turned into a swamp.

Zarina Tadjibaeva  vocal
Devika Eviksova   chapman stick, fretless bass
Marcis Vasilevskis   solo guitar
Jānis Amantovs    trumpet
Dmitry Evsikov    daff
Artem Sarvi    rhodes piano

13 Drum solo   (Baraka)

инструментальная композиция

Dmitry Evsikov    daff , mridangam,  ghatam, darbuka, clay pot

14  Gofti, Goftam (Baraka – Simin Behbabani)

Once again, a conversation between the two lovers. She is trying to assure him that they can enjoy being togehter,  she is endeavoring to keep all troubles away.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Iran Riahi   spoken words
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick
Madars Kalnins   rhodes piano, synth solo
Dmitry Evsikov    darbuka

Песни:
1. Gole Sangam (Anushirvan Rohani – Bijan Samandar, arr. Baraka)

I am like a stone flower, if you do not shine on me like The Sun with its rays. If you do not rain on me, there is nothing you can learn about me. Like the wind I am blowing around you besotted.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova   fretless bass, chapman stick,  vocal
Deniss Pashkevich   tenor sax
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Egor Kovaikov    guitar solo
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo

2  Taraneh Sayad (Traditional Persian Song arr. Baraka)

Let us go to the mountains where deer live, let us go to the glade where rabbits live. But there is a hunter, what if he kills the creatures of the forest? Hunter, do not kill them, otherwise your beloved will suffer, the souls of animals will not forgive you for this!

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova    chapman stick
Deniss Pashkevich   flute
Artem Sarvi    rhodes piano, synth solo
Egor Kovaikov    acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
Marcis Vasilevskis    solo electric guitar
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo

3  Gar Buse Mikhahi (Baraka – Simin Behbabani)

A conversation between two lovers, who are far apart from each other.

Iran Riahi    spoken words
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Dmitry Evsikov    congo, bongo, darbuka
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick

4  Dareh Kamarab (Traditional song from Tajikistan arr. Baraka)

From the Komarob Gorge a pomegranate has been brought to a girl. What a beauty – the bride. The food is on the table, pilaw is ready, meet the guests.

Zarina Tadjibaeva    vocal
Egor Kovaikov    indian sitar
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts    tenor sax
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov    darbuka, ghatam
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, fretless bass, vocal

5  Ay Yare Narenji Joonom (Arya Aziminejad arr. Baraka)

Cruel is my fate, foreign land is not dear to me.
My joy, my love in an orange robe, remove
these chains from my shoulders!  Who would
have pity on us, soothe our sadness.

Zarina Tadjibaeva  vocal
Devika Evsikova    chapman stick, vocal
Egor Kovaikov    solo guitar
Madars Kalniņš   hammond B3 organ, synth solo
Dmitry Evsikov    congo, bongo, darbuka

6  Dar Intizori Yoram [Waiting For My Beloved] (Baraka)

инструментальная композиция

Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov    daff , tabla, bongo

7  Mastom Mastom (Traditional Persian Song arr. Baraka)

A flower blossoms in the meadow, no one can pick it – it will not even allow itself to be touched. So intoxiating is its fragrance that I do not notice how my fingers are hurt by the thorns.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Evsikova    vocal, chapman stick
Deniss Pashkevich   flute
Egor Kovaikov    acoustic guitar
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano, synth solo
Zigmund Zukovsky    bass
Dmitry Evsikov    congo

8 Halalash Bad (Baraka – Forough Farokhzad)

A lover is complaining: "I have given you everything I had, and it is fine, but i cannot forgive you because you misuded my love. I am disenchanted".

Iran Riahi   spoken words
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick
Jānis Amantov    trumpet
Artem Sarvi    hammond B3 organ
Dmitry Evsikov   congo

9  Shekare Ahou (Traditional Persian Song, arr. Baraka)

I want to go to the mountains, to hunt deer, I want to meet you, conquer you, my beloved Laili. But where is my rifle? There, behind the village, you murdered your loved one, and wrote a letter with his blood. Your face is like The Moon, your glance is like an arrow,  your dark eyes took away my heart. I saw how the doves flew from the roof as you cast them into the sky.

Zarina Tadjibaeva    vocal
Devika Evsikova    vocal, chapman stick
Jānis Amantov   trumpet
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts   tenor sax
Madars Kalniņš      rhodes piano
Zigmund Zukovsky    fretless bass
Dmitry Evsikov    bongo, darbuka

10  Dareh Kamarab reprise  (Traditional Tajik song, arr. Baraka)
инструментальная композиция

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick, fretless bass, vocal
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Vilnis Kundrāts    tenor sax
Artem Sarvi   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov   darbuka, clay pot

11 Bibi Sanam Jonam  (Traditional  Afghan song, arr. Baraka)

My sweet Bibi Sanam, from the land where pomegranates grow. No one knew what was in our hearts.  No one appre- ciated our festivity. Aside from the wind in this strange city, no one understood  the meaning of our celebration. You have appeared in my dreams amidst thousands of flowers. Yet, I long to see you in my waking hours. Even if all the flowers in this world wither,  in my heart you will always blossom.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Devika Eviksova   chapman stick, bass guitar
Artur Kutepov    solo guitar
Egor Kovaikov    indian sitar
Madars Kalniņš   rhodes piano
Dmitry Evsikov   congo, bongo, ghatam

12  Gole Goldoone Man (Fereidoon Shahbazian - Farhad Sheybani, arr. Baraka)

The flower in my vase was broken in the wind. Come back to me before I cry. Alas,
the night flower is no longer fragrant. Who picked this night flower?
A piece of the sky is full of rainbows, I am like the darkness, you are like The Moon.
If the wind does not touch your hair, I will get lost in the woods of your dreams.
My flower in the vase, my moonshine on the veranda, I am left without you like a fish without water.
The flower of all passions has withered, I have become a river, and my heart has turned into a swamp.

Zarina Tadjibaeva  vocal
Devika Eviksova   chapman stick, fretless bass
Marcis Vasilevskis   solo guitar
Jānis Amantovs    trumpet
Dmitry Evsikov    daff
Artem Sarvi    rhodes piano

13 Drum solo   (Baraka)
инструментальная композиция
Dmitry Evsikov    daff , mridangam,  ghatam, darbuka, clay pot

14  Gofti, Goftam (Baraka – Simin Behbabani)

Once again, a conversation between the two lovers. She is trying to assure him that they can enjoy being togehter,  she is endeavoring to keep all troubles away.

Zarina Tadjibaeva   vocal
Iran Riahi   spoken words
Devika Eviksova    chapman stick
Madars Kalnins   rhodes piano, synth solo
Dmitry Evsikov    darbuka