Tag Archive ' Armenian folk songs'

I love lahmajun. My mom’s lahmajun is currently one of the best I have ever eaten – her cooking in everything is always the best, really. Mama knows what kind of spices to use, how much to use and she puts her heart and soul into everything she bakes and cooks. You can taste that….

On this rainy Monday afternoon, I cannot help but think of a song that mom would sing when she was a little girl… Arev, Arev… Sunshine… I remember hearing her sing this song one day as we were washing dishes in the kitchen. She began to sing, as she always does, and this particular melody…

I love it. I love that magical moment on stage when I look out into the audience and I am singing one of my Armenian folk songs, something like Groong or Gakavig or Blbooli Hit and I see people, clapping with me, or humming or wiping away tears or something… they are feeling something… and…

Lotus World Music Festival, here we come! Rows upon rows of corn fields as we drive through Indiana, coming up to Bloomington… arriving in this beautiful city, wooed by delightful streets, filled with cafes, restaurants, shops… do some window shopping, have a fantastic dinner at Falafels…love the zahtar bread! Listen to the sounds of other…

Teach me how I can be like you. How can I endure trials with the same grace that you did? Teach me.  While you are not here and I have never even met you, my connection to you is so strong.  You sang these same Armenian folk songs that I sing now.  You sang them…