Azam Ali's first album, PORTALS OF GRACE, was such a stunning piece of multicultural lyricism that it quickly established the singer as a major new star of world music. For this follow-up, Ali's had four years to both hone her poetic lyrics
"Percussionist Greg Ellis and vocalist Azam Ali work together as Vas, Latin for ""vessel."" After three years off for solo projects and recording and touring with Mickey Hart, Japan's Kodo drummers and ...
On this album, Vas revisits the territory for which they have become known: the mysterious world of hypnotic percussion, sensuous/sinuous vocals, stirred together into a heady concoction of Middle ...
On their sophomore release, Niyaz continues to bridge the gap between traditional and modern world music. This double CD (featuring one disc of electronic and one disc of acoustic versions of the tracks) ...
On their sophomore release, Niyaz continues to bridge the gap between traditional and modern world music. This double CD (featuring one disc of electronic and one disc of acoustic versions of the tracks) ...
This album from Azam Ali and Greg Ellis and their guest musicians won't disappoint those who loved their debut, Sunyata. Azam Ali is an ecstatic singer, intoning imaginary ...
Ali is an ethereal force, soaring white-winged and untouched over pungent period strings and percussion. She is equally at home in Latin, French, Ladino (the lingua franca of the Judeo-Spanish ...
Streams of ageless rhythm and song merge: Azam Ali's pure voice is profound and primeval - Greg Ellis' percussion touches innate natural rhythms. Together they are Vas, a duo whose enchantment is at once ...