Tag Archive ' Armenian folk songs'

I never knew about this part of history…I never ever knew After my concerts, after I have been singing the ancient Armenian folk songs and weaving in the story of my grandparents, survivors of the Armenian Genocide, the very ones who passed on these folk songs to me, after I share this history through story…

I am getting my heart and soul ready to see the new movie The Promise about the Armenian Genocide. I want to see this film;  I want to see how the directors have crafted our story. At the same time, I don’t want to see this film.  I don’t want to be reminded of the…

I wish I had been there. I wish I could have been there to see him when he was young, talk to him, see his mother –  see his mother, my grandmother. She died when she was only 27 years old.  He was only 6. I have been spending some precious time listening to my…

They think I am Spanish. Here is the South, that is what we are usually mistaken for.   As we talk and laugh and tell stories in our foreign tongue, passersby always ask, is that Spanish?  I smile.  No.  I reply.  No, not Spanish (though I wish I could speak Spanish!)   Back home in the…

We are in the theatre today. Meeting with our sound engineer. I am standing on the stage feeling like a little girl and at the same time trying to act like a professional adult as I speak to our very capable engineer (thank you, Lord!  You can already tell that he is meticulous about sound…