Common Routes is the fruit of a two-year journey across the geography of sounds and souls, an odyssey through six countries, in search of the invisible threads that have woven humanity together from its origins to the present day.
Nourished by stories of exile and nomadic life, the project explores the musical horizons of the manouche (Gypsy jazz) world, offering a vibrant testimony of crossings, encounters, and stories without borders.
Becoming the collective narrative of this artistic adventure, the manouche language embodies movement itself, a symbol of wandering, freedom, and the universal experience of uprootedness.
This musical journey intertwines past and present, resonating with the echoes of past crises, particularly those of the 1930s, and the tremors of today’s world. Yet, at the heart of these upheavals, the timeless soul of manouche music endures, touching both seasoned listeners and younger audiences alike.
The work blends the melodies of Iran, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan with the free, improvisational spirit of jazz, creating a shared, living language. A voice rises within it, one of love, revolt, spirituality, and hope, transcending all borders.
Aïda Nosrat (vocals & violin), Antoine Girard (accordion), Olivier Kikteff (guitar & bouzouki), and Naghib Shanbehzadeh (percussion) have woven, through this musical dialogue, a unique universe, a world where sounds no longer obey political boundaries, but those, deeper and universal, of the human soul.
In a world driven toward the abyss by corruption and the thirst for power, Common Routes stands as a quest for meaning, a return to the source, to the shared roots that connect us all.
Contact Booking :
Azad Bayoudh
Farida Farag