Nomad Songs

2015 studio album by Stephan Micus

Nomad Songs

Studio album by

Stephan Micus

Released| June 19, 2015 (2015-06-19)
Recorded| 2012–2014
Studio| MCM Studios
Genre| ambient rock
Length| 55:56
Label| ECM 2409
Producer| Stephan Micus
Stephan Micus chronology
| Panagia
(2013)  | Nomad Songs
(2015)  | Inland Sea
(2017)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

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All About Jazz| [1]

Nomad Songs is the twenty-third studio album by German world musician Stephan Micus, recorded over three years and released on ECM in June 2015. Always seeking new traditional instruments, Nomad Songs sees the addition of two new instruments to Micus's repertoire: the genbri (a Moroccan lute) and the ndingo (a Botswanan lamellophone).[2]

## Reception

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In a four-and-a-half star review for All About Jazz, John Kelman said "Nomad Songs is, despite the perennially pensive and reflective nature of his entire body of work, a shift from the more conceptually focused Panagia, which was based around prayers to the Virgin Mary."[1]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stephan Micus.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Everywhere, Nowhere"| 4:40
2.| "Leila"| 5:27
3.| "The Promise"| 8:19
4.| "The Stars"| 2:47
5.| "The Spring"| 2:53
6.| "The Blessing"| 4:30
7.| "The Feast"| 5:04
8.| "Laughing at Thunder"| 4:21
9.| "Sea of Grass"| 5:01
10.| "The Dance"| 6:12
11.| "Under the Chinar Trees"| 6:42
Total length:| 55:56

## Personnel

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* Stephan Micus – ndingo, genbri, steel-string guitar, suling, voice, ney, rawap, rebab, twelve-string guitar, fourteen-string guitar, tin whistle, shakuhachi

## References

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1. ^ a b "Nomad Songs (All About Jazz Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
2. ^ "Nomad Songs". ECM New Series. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Implosions (1977)
* Ocean (1986)
* Twilight Fields (1987)
* Athos (1994)
* The Garden of Mirrors (1995-1996)
* Nomad Songs (2012-2014)

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