Kindred Spirits is the fifth studio album by English jazz composer Zoe Rahman, released on 23 January 2012 by Manushi Records.[1]
Kindred Spirits | ||||
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Studio album by Zoe Rahman | ||||
Released | 23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) | |||
Recorded | Spring 2011 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 51:05 | |||
Label | Manushi Records | |||
Producer | Zoe Rahman | |||
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Kindred Spirits is inspired by Zoe Rahman's discovery of the connections between Irish and Scottish folk music and the work of Bengali poet, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore.[2] The album includes three tracks written by Rabindranath Tagore and Stevie Wonder's "Contusion".[3] Rahman wrote over half of the tracks [4]
The album was recorded in spring 2011.[4]
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Source | Rating |
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John Fordham of The Guardian rated Kindred Spirits 4/5 and called the album "..a varied and widely appealing set..."[2] Martin Longley of BBC Music called the album "A set melding its varied constituents into a deeply personal final form."[3] ABC Online said of the album, it [sic] "stretches from ballads to McCoy Tyner-like muscularity and even a version of Contusion."[5]
Chris May of All About Jazz said of the album, "It all adds up to another bliss infusion."[4] Barry Witherden of Jazz Journal rated the album 4/5 and described it as a "McCoy Tyner style modalism, subcontinental raga and touches of Irish folk inspired by her [Rahman's] mother's Hibernian origins.[6] Chris Parker of The Jazz Mann called the album "A rich confection..."[7]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Down to Earth" | 6:24 |
2. | "Conversation with Nellie" | 5:31 |
3. | "Maya" | 6:24 |
4. | "Forbiddance / My Heart Dances, Like a Peacock, It Dances" (Hridoy Amar Nache Re / Mana Na Manili) | 8:24 |
5. | "Butlers of Glen Avenue" | 2:25 |
6. | "Outside In" | 5:02 |
7. | "Imagination" (Hridoy Amar Prokash Holo) | 3:06 |
8. | "Rise Above" | 4:33 |
9. | "Fly in the Ointment" | 5:26 |
10. | "Contusion" | 3:50 |
Total length: | 51:05 |
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Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2012 | MOBO Awards | Jazz category | Won[8] |
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