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Sample Track 1:
"Sleep, child" from If I had a key to the dawn
Sample Track 2:
"Years, heavy years" from If I had a key to the dawn
Sample Track 3:
"A bird flew to my darling's window" from If I had a key to the dawn
Sample Track 4:
"Green leaf of a pear tree" from If I had a key to the dawn
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If I had a key to the dawn
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By her account, Lily Storm has no village roots in the Eastern European/Western Asian region whose music she loves, yet If I Had a Key to the Dawn suggests she's native to the dozen or so lands whose repertoires she performs. Based in San Francisco and working with a band that includes accordion, wooden flute and a bevy of string instruments, Storm has gained mastery over the octave-gliding sustain, the melancholy wail, the heart-wrenching soul of those aching and largely minor-key sonic traditions. Taking a wide view of the cultural crosscurrents shaping the music, but keeping free of modern influences, Storm comfortably inhabits the often-tragic ballads of Greece, Armenia, Russia and the Ukraine with equal empathy.

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