Wild
Tracklist
- Wild
- One
- Tender
- Sweetest
- Still Here
- All I’ve Got
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Shaho Andalibi – Ney
Shariq Mustafa – Tabla
Music by Shujaat Husain Khan
Produced by Shujaat Husain Khan and Katayoun Goudarzi
© 2021
Will You?
Tracklist
- Will You?
- Don’t
- Sweet Caroline
- A Thread
- If I Can’t
- Void
- Let Me
- Unafraid
- Quiet Turbulence
- Disarray
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar, Vocal
Kevin Hays – Piano
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Tim Ries – Tenor And Soprano Saxophone, Alto Flute
Dibyarka Chatterjee – Tabla
© 2017
Reviews
“Stunningly hypnotic.”
– Broadway World (PDF)
★★★★
“Sung and recited exquisitely by Katayoun Goudarzi… this is a very worthwhile disc.”
– Songlines Magazine UK
“Passionate and beautiful.”
– David Dalle, CKCU (PDF)
“It is Gourdarzi’s haunting voice that gives the performance it’s soul. Her voice soars, quivers, uses guttural sounds, voice modulation and employs a crystalline tone.”
– Ralph A. Miriello, Notes on Jazz (PDF)
“It is no ordinary album. Instead, it’s a powerful, poignant, moving and thought-provoking.”
– Derek Anderson (PDF)
“Goudarzi’s expressive soprano reaching a definite emotional high…Will You is a sublime musical experience.”
– Gary Whitehouse, The Green Man Review (PDF)
★★★★★
“Love it.”
– Kara Manning, WFUV
★★★★★
– Ellen King-Rodgers, KGLT
★★★★ / 2017 Top 10 List
“Sublime.”
– Darek Mazzone, KEXP (PDF)
★★★★★
“Beautiful voice, beautiful arrangement.”
– Tony Berry, WRUV
“Current favorite.”
– Roger Holdsworth, PBS
“The album is magnificent beyond description.”
– The Score Magazine (PDF)
“A unique and engaging ensemble of world-class musicians.”
– KBUT
“Exotic voice.”
– George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly (PDF)
50 Best Albums of 2017
– New York Music Daily (PDF)
2017 World Music Favorites
– Tom Schnabel’s Rhythm Planet, KCRW
Adrift
Tracklist
- Adrift
- Clouded
- Not Taken
- Whirling Tree
- Bound
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Ajay Prasanna – Flute
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
Ahsan Ali – Sarangi
Prabhat Mukherje – Santoor
Amjad Khan – Percussion
© 2015
Reviews
“Sublime.” (Best Music of 2015 list)
– Errol Nazareth, CBC News (PDF)
“A Cross-Pollinated Gem from Katayoun Goudarzi and Shujaat Khan.”
– NewYork Music Daily (PDF)
“Easily one of the five best albums I’ve heard this year.”
– CD Hotlist (PDF)
“Sumptuous vocals… pure delight.”
– World Music Central (PDF)
Sanamâ
Tracklist
Disc 1
- Paradise
- Sanamâ
- Blissful
- Dast-zanân
- Spring
Disc 2
- My Insane Heart
- Yâr
- At Last
- Autumn
- Madness
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar, Vocal
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Ajay Prasanna – Flute
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
© 2013
Reviews
★★★★
“Always tonally luscious.”
– Songlines Magazine UK (PDF)
“The quivers and attack in Goudarzi’s vocal presentation, while as beautiful as the instruments, add piquancy that sets this music apart.”
– Exclaim! (PDF)
Featured on NPR: All Things Considered
– NPR (PDF)
“Sensuous alto singing voice and intense recitation.”
– Broadway World (PDF)
“Mesmerizing narrations of Rumi’s poems.”
– World Music Central (PDF)
“A delectable album.”
– Something Else! (PDF)
“If you want to try to open your ears to “world” music, this might do it for you.”
– Jazz Weekly (PDF)
“An album of ethereal beauty.”
– Splinters and Candy (PDF)
Dawning
Tracklist
- Dawning
- The Inquisitor
- Yours
- Tease
- Overcome
- Trembling
- Nomad
Credits
Tim Ries – Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Hungarian Folk Flute
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar, Vocal
Kevin Hays – Piano
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
© 2013
Reviews
“A band whose work represents the best of a musical union.”
– Arts Nash (PDF)
“Hypnotic.”
– New York Music Daily (PDF)
★★★★
– Songlines Magazine UK (PDF)
“Beautifully done.”
– CBC Music (PDF)
“A passionate exploration of Persian and Indian philosophies.”
– Exclaim! (PDF)
“Introspective and poetic.”
– Sound Roots (PDF)
Tracklist
- Injâ Kaseest Penhân
- Sarmasteh Del
- Navâ
- Che Shod?!
- Negâr
- Majnoon
- Khoroosh
- Che Booyast In!
- Beedel
- …Be Jâneh To
- Choonei?!
Credits
Majid Derakhshani – Tar, Vocal
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Shaho Andalibi – Ney
Arman Sigarchi – Oud
Kevin Hays – Piano
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
Persian Classical music with Poetry of Maulânâ Jalâl al-Din Muhammad Balkhi (Rumi).
© 2011
Without You
Tracklist
- Without You
- The Beloved Is Here
- Delbar
- Treasure of the Soul
- Intoxicated
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar, Vocal
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
Music of India with Classical Persian Poetry (Maulânâ Jalâl al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi).
© 2009
Satiated
Tracklist
- Satiated
- Shams
- Go Not Without Me
- O My Soul
- Opium
- Whirling
Credits
Shujaat Husain Khan – Sitar, Vocal
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Imamyar Hasanov – Kamancheh
Abhiman Kaushal – Tabla
Music of India and Azerbaijan (Indo-Azeri Music) with Classical Persian Poetry (Maulânâ Jalâl al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi).
© 2008
Yâram inak mirasad (Attâr)
Tracklist
- Yâram Inak Mirasad (Attâr)
- Emshab (Ohadi Marâgheh’i)
- Hayrân (Attâr)
- Chehreh Be Chehreh (Tâhirih Qurratu’l-‘ayn and Rumi)
- Dast Az Tu Nemidâram (Rumi)
- Ajab Sarvi (Rumi)
- Tarigheh Eshgh (Hâfiz and Attâr)
- Harda Galmisan
Credits
Imamyar Hasanov – Kamancheh
Katayoun Goudarzi – Vocal
Hayrân is a selection of poems from Attâr, Maulânâ Jalâl al-Din Muhammad Balkhi (Rumi), Hâfiz, Tâhirih Qurratu’l-‘Ayn and Ohadi Marâgheh’i, recited in Persian by Katayoun Goudarzi with music of Azerbaijan by Imamyar Hasanov.
© 2008
Zehi Eshgh
Track Listing
- Zehi Eshgh
- Bewildered
- Rooz O Shab
- Aashegh
- Again I Am Raging
- One
- Hidden
- Eghleem E Baalaa
- Lustful
Credits
Selected & recited by Katayoun Gourdazi; music by Reza Derakshani.
“These beautiful recitations of the original Persian poems innovatively transpose the tradition of poetry and musical performance practiced by Mowlana Rumi, himself, into a fully modern mode. Thoughtfully chosen from the vast repertoire of Rumi’s ghazals, sensitively accompanied and exquisitely rendered by Katayoun’s voice, these performances make the musically meditative traditions of samā‛ fresh and alive for today’s listeners.” – Franklin Lewis, Author of “RUMI PAST and PRESENT, EAST and WEST” and “Rumi: Swallowing the Sun”
© 2006