Broken Branches, by Sean Shibe, Karim Sulayman

Broken Branches

by Sean Shibe, Karim Sulayman

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MUSICAL EXPLORATION OF DYNAMIC, IN-BETWEEN IDENTITIES

Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe present Broken Branches, a conceptual album with music ranging from Dowland, Monteverdi, Britten, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Harvey, and Chaker to traditional songs from the Middle East, scrutinizing the close cultural and musical ties between East and West. This musical exploration ties in with the artists’ personal experience of a dynamic, in-between identity, as they grew up in the West having ethnic roots in the East (Lebanon and Japan respectively). Broken Branches explores the wood of the guitar and its relatives, as well as the splintering of history known as diaspora.

Karim Sulayman has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, and won a Grammy Award for Classical Solo Vocal in 2019. Multi-award-winning guitarist Sean Shibe brings a fresh and innovative approach to the traditional classical guitar, while also exploring contemporary music and repertoire for electric guitar. He continues his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE after his well-received Camino(2021) and Lost & Found (2022).

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1.	Time Stands Still 05:29	buy track
2.	Sufi Dance 02:18	buy track
3.	Dalla porta d’oriente 03:23	buy track
4.	Sì dolce è’l tormento 04:27	buy track
5.	La mia turca 02:15	buy track
6.	La prima vez 03:58	buy track
7.	Lamma bada yatathanna 02:24	buy track
8.	El helwa di (after Ronnie Malley) 03:33	buy track
9.	Li Beirut after Joaquín Rodrigo 04:07	buy track
10.	A Butterfly in New York 04:42	buy track
11.	I. Wainscot Pond 03:29	buy track
12.	No. 1 The Big Chariot 02:00	buy track
13.	No. 2 The Old Lute 02:47	buy track
14.	No. 3 The Autumn Wind 01:25	buy track
15.	No. 4 The Herd-Boy 01:30	buy track
16.	No. 5 Depression 02:05	buy track
17.	No. 6 Dance Song 01:16	buy track
18.	Cucurrucucu paloma 04:47	buy track

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MUSICAL EXPLORATION OF DYNAMIC, IN-BETWEEN IDENTITIES

Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe present Broken Branches, a conceptual album with music ranging from Dowland, Monteverdi, Britten, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Harvey, and Chaker to traditional songs from the Middle East, scrutinizing the close cultural and musical ties between East and West. This musical exploration ties in with the artists’ personal experience of a dynamic, in-between identity, as they grew up in the West having ethnic roots in the East (Lebanon and Japan respectively). Broken Branches explores the wood of the guitar and its relatives, as well as the splintering of history known as diaspora.

Karim Sulayman has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, and won a Grammy Award for Classical Solo Vocal in 2019. Multi-award-winning guitarist Sean Shibe brings a fresh and innovative approach to the traditional classical guitar, while also exploring contemporary music and repertoire for electric guitar. He continues his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE after his well-received Camino(2021) and Lost & Found (2022).

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released May 5, 2023

2023 Pentatone Music B.V.
Producers: Adrian Peacock; Kate Rockett
Recording Engineers: Dave Rowell; James Waterhouse

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Sean Shibe Edinburgh, UK

Sean Shibe is a classical and electric guitarist from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is of English and Japanese ancestry. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and with Italian guitarist Paolo Pegoraro. He is frequently referred to as the foremost guitarist of his generation. ... more

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Profesión

Nov 2023
Broken Branches

May 2023
Lost & Found

Aug 2022
Camino

Aug 2021

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