From the "Persian Suite" on the Dances of the Veils album, the title song is a delicately orchestrated wonder of ethnic Persian and European sensibility stirred by two guitars and cradled by delicate female vocals. An invitation to a marriage feast, an invitation to taste the sublime. A hand outstretched to bring you to the dance, to bring you to the trance. A passionate discourse about the beginning and end of things, a story of maturity of mind and spirit and purpose. A masterpiece of cultures embraced. A denoument for the story of life. A story of love and loss and bitter and sweet, unencumbered by borders of any kind. Potentially epic for the adventurous.
credits
from Dances of the Veils,
released June 1, 2001
Guitars: Lloyd English & Sia Samimi
Standup Bass: Ken Lister
Drums: Buff Allen
Vocals: Carolyn Knight & Diana English
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