As we go deeper into rehearsals for the next ZIKR show, heres an article in The Huffington Post published before our performance at Sadlers Wells in the summer. ZIKR has been created to be a story of life. Its birth came from conversations I had with Youth when we were working on my last album Come With Me. During our recording sessions we discovered we shared a spiritual outlook, something that was so core to both of us and our entire philosophy of life. We were both avid readers and admirers of the Sufi masters and teachers such as Rumi. When life brought us the amazing opportunity to perform at the World Sufi Spirit Festival in Jodhpur, India earlier this year, we decided to create some original music for the festival as it just seem to resonate within us so well. We also went on to perform at the Marrakech Biennale which was a moment I will always remember. Youth has created a mix of songs that sit together with my flamenco performance. We celebrate the birth place of flamenco in India where its own roots first began, right there in Rajasthan. It all seemed like serendipity when we were in India and it created the desire in us to expand our Jodhpur performance and to create a new show that followed the path of flamenco, tracing the route of the gypsies from northern India to the Middle East and onto Spain. It was as though I was reuniting all the music from my origins and revisiting the Sufi-Indian influence, mixed with flamenco but also intertwined with Arabic rhythms and music. What an amazing combination it has proved to be and quite a magical and alchemical journey! Read more: huffingtonpost.co.uk/karen-ruimy/zikr-my-mystical-journey-_b_5347441.html Our next performance is on the 21st November at Union Chapel in Islington, London.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:00:02 +0000
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