Hope in an Empty City
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| Hope in an Empty City | ||||
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| Released | 9 July 2021[1] | |||
| Recorded | 29 June 2017 and 7 May 2021 | |||
| Studio | Avatar Studio, New York and London | |||
| Length | 77:55 | |||
| Label | Joseph Tawadros | |||
| Producer | Joseph Tawadros | |||
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Hope in an Empty City is a studio album by Australian, multi-instrumentalist and oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros. The album was self-released in July 2021.
Joseph Tawadros said "Before COVID-19 hit, I ventured into a New York studio with four innovative musicians and we came up with some solid, quite surprising tracks – flavoured with Middle Eastern and jazz elements – and creating a lush, spacious organic sound, quite unlike my previous albums. The album is very eclectic, with fast-paced numbers, blues and jazz grooves, slow and meditative pieces and some of my more contemplative solo oud improvisation. It has been a real journey of emotions and genres as I wrote then played these new pieces with the band and I'm delighted with the result. It's an adventurous recording for me and I hope it will add a little something to the musical landscape."[2]
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[3]
At the AIR Awards of 2022, the album was nominated for Best Independent Jazz Album or EP.[4]
