Give Me Love

Songs of the Broken Hearted: Baghdad 1925-1929

Honest Jon's

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Brilliant new compilation from Honest Jon's that delves further into the same sound archive from which they culled the material for their excellent recent album of West African music of the 1920s, Living Is Hard.

This time the focus is on Iraqi music from the 1920s and it's quite an eye-opener, with loads of arrestingly beautiful music with a raw delicacy you simply don't hear much of these days: these intensely atmospheric tracks are a glimpse into the forgotten cultural history of Iraq!

Beautifully packaged in a nice gatefold card sleeve with a thick booklet full of archive photos, which tells the story behind these recordings in essays and interviews!

Highly recommended!