Maternal Songs
Songwriter, Composer and Singer: Solmaz Naraghi
Published by: Baziandisheh Publication
Setaar: Hamid Khansari
Taar: Farzad Kabiri
Percussions: Davoud Ghahroudi
Kalimba and Jew’s-harp: Amirhossein Kianpour
Sound engineers: Mehdi Karimi, Hamidreza Adab
This Album contains 10 maternal songs for a newborn baby. The book includes lyrics and musical notes. It is illustrated by Sara Miari. Solmaz Naraghi writes in the introduction:
only one week after his birth, I realized that words could not convey my emotions clearly!I had to create my own love songs to communicate with the newborn. My sister’s son slept like a small bird under the blanket and his mouth was like a rosebud. I started writing the first song at midnight without any musical instrument or even a piece of paper. I recorded my voice with a cellphone quietly under the blanket. I continued writing songs for the baby’s milestones such as teething, walking, talking, Peek-a-Boo playing, etc.This is how Tati Tati was born.
These songs have been arranged three times during the last 10 years. After much experimentation,, I decided to record them with only one melodic instrument and percussions to communicate the purity, privacy and simplicity of a mother-baby relationship. The melody of two of the songs are from comic folk songs, “Ye Pooleh Khorous” and “Allagarson” composed by Javad Badiizadeh more than 80 years ago.
Tati Tati Demo
Songwriter, Composer and Singer: Solmaz Naraghi
Published by: Baziandisheh Publication
Setaar: Hamid Khansari
Taar: Farzad Kabiri
Percussions: Davoud Ghahroudi
Kalimba and Jew’s-harp: Amirhossein Kianpour
Sound engineers: Mehdi Karimi, Hamidreza Adab
