Unique music
author: Anita
An extraordinary and unique CD by a multi-talented musician and singer, who plays medieval music on original instruments.
The sound is unlike anything we generally hear nowadays, and utterly fascinating. A musical experience of note.
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The Path Beyond ordinary music (or something witty like that)
author: DrummerBoyJason
Have you ever been to Iran? Egypt? Turkey? Medieval Spain?
No? Me either... But there is no reason you can't go there in your mind. And that is exactly what this disc does, it takes you to another place. OK, enough with the flowery speach...
When it comes down to it, this is just excellent music from an excellent musician and singer. There are no bad tracks here, they all have a flavor and feel of their own. Four tracks really stand out for us percussionists (Yedi, Tas, Jidah Noh, Haf'Dah). The combination of tradional, improvised, and composed works gives the album a nice balance of styles. I had only one problem with it, a slight lack of information about the songs in the linear notes but a visit to www.timrayborn.com solves that.
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Beautiful, with amazing playing!
author: Ram
Tim Rayborn is an incredible musician, who plays literally dozens of instruments, mostly medieval and Middle Eastern. On this CD, he uses many of them to create haunting and evocative authentic music from places as diverse as medieval Spain, the Balkans, Turkey, and Persia. The musicianship and recorded sound are both excellent. This is a very original and unusual CD that you will play again and again, and a great introduction to the music of these regions. Highly recommended!
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Great album, great voice! A marvelous musician!
author: Winged Horse Music
Tim Rayborn’s first solo album, “The Path Beyond”, is a rich musical presentation of a superbly talented artist, who deftly weaves a multicolored sound tapestry from past times and delivers it to us, pristine, in the here and now. I highly recommend that you take the musical journey into “The Path Beyond”, with him. His incredibly diverse skills with countless ancient musical instruments,[he plays them all!] are surpassed only by his extraordinary voice. The very best selections, in my opinion, were when his clear voice joined in that ensemble, or when it danced solo in a haunting a capella.
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