Hope in an Empty City explained

Hope in an Empty City
Type:studio
Artist:Joseph Tawadros
Cover:Hope_in_an_Empty_City_by_Joseph_Tawadros.png
Released:9 July 2021[1]
Recorded:29 June 2017 and 7 May 2021
Studio:Avatar Studio, New York and London
Length:77:55
Label:Joseph Tawadros
Producer:Joseph Tawadros
Prev Title:Live at the Sydney Opera House
Prev Year:2020

Hope in an Empty City is a studio album by Australian, multi-instrumentalist and oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros. The album was self-released in July 2021.

Joseph Tawadros said "Before COVID-19 hit, I ventured into a New York studio with four innovative musicians and we came up with some solid, quite surprising tracks – flavoured with Middle Eastern and jazz elements – and creating a lush, spacious organic sound, quite unlike my previous albums. The album is very eclectic, with fast-paced numbers, blues and jazz grooves, slow and meditative pieces and some of my more contemplative solo oud improvisation. It has been a real journey of emotions and genres as I wrote then played these new pieces with the band and I'm delighted with the result. It's an adventurous recording for me and I hope it will add a little something to the musical landscape."[2]

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[3]

At the AIR Awards of 2022, the album was nominated for Best Independent Jazz Album or EP.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Smoke and Mirrors" - 5:56
  2. "The Longer Road" - 5:17
  3. "Everything Is You" - 4:43
  4. "Abou Cromb (For John Abercrombie)" - 2:33
  5. "Devil's Advocate" - 4:40
  6. "Tit for Tat" - 1:59
  7. "Von Brandy" - 3:25
  8. "The Light of Your Being" - 4:31
  9. "Your Memory Still Lingers" - 4:08
  10. "An End Without Chance" - 5:36
  11. "The Empty City" - 6:47
  12. "Man Plans, God Laughs" - 4:47
  13. "Happier Times" - 5:55
  14. "My Wish for You" - 5:19
  15. "Dance of the Quarter Tones" - 3:59
  16. "Heart to Heart" - 3:59
  17. "Ya Lel (At Night)" - 4:21

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hope in an Empty City. Apple Music. 3 April 2022.
  2. Web site: Hope in an Empty City. Joseph Tawadros. 3 April 2022.
  3. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 12 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Nominees Announced For AIR Independent Music Awards 2022. musicfeeds. 1 June 2022. 1 June 2022.

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