Born in Lebanon, a crossroads of trade and culture for thousands of years, the
multi-instrumentalist Abaji is a convergence of Greek and Armenian heritage,
growing up speaking Turkish, Arabic and French and listening to Western rock.
His new CD is similarly spread across the map. Origine Orients sounds like Dylan in Arabic, the haunting modes of
Armenian music (with a slight jazz after-tone) and Mississippi Dervish blues.
Not everything works on this eclectic world tour, but Abaji does make his point
that the blues has no single point of origin.
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