Reviving Folk Songs of Azarbaijan

A night of Storytelling, Music Performance, Panel discussion and Open mic.
Glasgow-based Iranian singer-songwriter, Farzane Zamen is inviting you to join her Album Launch. Introducing her album through storytelling and music performance

Reviving Folk Songs of Azarbaijan, Thursday 20th April, 5pm to 7pm, Free

In this album, she sings in her mother tongue (Azarbaijani Turkish) for the first time, reviving the songs she remembers from her parents and grandparents singing them.
Azarbaijani is the second largest language spoken in Iran by 15 million Azari people, residing in the northwestern part of the country, the language is not official, but widely spoken. Farzane’s first language is Farsi as she was born in Tehran, the Capital city of Iran. She was never into Azarbaijani folk music until she moved to Scotland in 2017 and performed different Iranian folk songs alongside her own written music. She noticed she had never paid attention to the music from her motherland. She gradually added songs to her setlists and decided to create an album to give those songs a new life.

This event will have three parts:

– Film screening “Memories of Conversation Cafe women’s group”
– Music Performance by Farzane Zamen and her band
– Open mic (for people who want to share their musical memories)
– Panel discussion: Farzane Zamen and Kim Simpson (Head of Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion from Creative Scotland) around folk songs and family relationships, how places affect creativity and live languages in Scotland

The Album will be available for purchase at the event.

Find out more about Farzane Zamen and her music:

This project is funded by Creative Scotland’s Creative Inclusion Fund.

Booking

The event is open to all. To attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation with you.  If you would like to make a donation to Glasgow Women’s Library, you can do so here.

*All women-only events are inclusive of Trans and Intersex women, as well as non-binary and gender fluid people who are comfortable in a space that centres the experience of women.

Accessibility

Glasgow Women’s Library is wheelchair accessible, with lifts to the first floor and the Mezzanine Floor. We have accessible toilets and all the bathrooms are individual closed stalls and are gender neutral. Our larger Events Space is fitted with an induction loop. A portable induction loop is also available.

Find more information on Accessibility at GWL or contact us and we will be very happy to offer assistance.