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these songs feels like i lived my whole life trying to change but finally realized all my problems came from chasing after a better version of myself only to realize the closer i get to him the farther away from me he gets. but instead of chasing this endless dream that i will never truly fullfill i settle down and watch the sun set, realizing peace comes with acceptence. and that the only actual change i ever needed was accepting i never will.

Picture this: born into an Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire, your life is filled with music—your mother’s lullabies and your father’s songs. But as war approaches, soldiers march through the streets, and families begin to disappear. The whispers of danger become real.

During this time, a lot of Armenians fled. you heard that an Armenian Soprano you know from your local Orthodox Church moved to America. She was recording armenian folk songs on Columbia records. ... read more

«and now, hiphop mixed with soul funk and jazz by kendrick lamar.»

I: How do you feel about the celebrated status of that bootleg of yours that has the half-hour-long rendition of "Fast Car"?
J: Oh, yeah. I wish that wasn't out there. That's kind of embarrassing.
I: That cover is phenomenal though.
J: What happened was, I was in Japan playing with Mirror, which is Christoph Heemann and Andrew Chalk. And there was some concert, festival, or something where someone had dropped out. And the guy who was the promoter was an old friend of mine. He asked ... read more