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Cascade Folk Trio
Cascade Folk Trio: Old Street
by Peter Aaron
On this, its second release, the New York/L.A.-based expatriate Armenian vocal group Cascade Folk Trio continues to ply an ambitious blend of traditional Armenian music and elements of jazz, Latin, contemporary R&B, and current world-pop dance sounds. CFT is a supergroup of sorts, its members, Ohanna Mtghyan, Arman Aghajanyan, and Armen Papikyan, all distinguished as popular singers in their motherland prior to the threesome's 1999 formation. Aghajanyan, the group's leader, creates most of the music: a wide canvas featuring the ...
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