Nicola Gordon - Hafiz house concert - 4/28 - Somerville (near Davis Sq)

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What: Hafiz Home Concert
When: Saturday, April 28, 7:30pm
Where: a Somerville home
$10 in advance, $15 at the door
RSVP to queen_of_wands at livejournal dot com to reserve your seat and get directions

Nicola says: Come on an awesome sonic journey as we combine forces with 14th century Persian Sufi poet brain. Below is the first poem I read of his, that totally hooked me in. I have put this one and 13 other poems to music. Basking in Hafiz's brilliance is an awesome experience; come join us.

queen_of_wands says: Nicola is a gifted musician whose heart shines through in her performance. Having her here from sunny Santa Barbara in an intimate house concert setting is a rare treat. Don't miss it. You can find two of her Hafiz songs on her myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/nicolagordon


Today love has completely gutted me
I am lying in the market like a fillet fish
Speechless, every desire, every sinew, absolutely silent
But I am still so fresh
Everything is now the same to me
…Listen
The touch of a beautiful woman as she lifts me near
Drawing my scent into her body as she thinks about taking me home
The soft caress of a luminescent fly
Drinking my vital fluids through as strange-shaped flute
The sun lays its radiant gaze upon my cheek
Human voices and the breeze from a passing horses tail
All send, all send, miraculous currents through my world
God’s beauty has split me open
Throw Hafiz on a scale, wrap me in cloth
and take me home.
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check it out.
www.cdbaby.com/Nicola3 --the new CD," 2 cranes fly by, it's a gift, take it"
www.nicolagordon.com -- the ferocious fact and more.

Comments

[queen-of-wands.livejournal.com]

Yay! I put you on my RSVP list.

And I plan to find other times to see you. I'll email you.