Djivan used to play exclusively the folk music of his homecountry.And his old wonderful albums were full of the thinest poetry destined to a restricted number of lovers which found, in those airy melodies, the echo of an unrepeatable past.

But sometimes ago, something happened: he "flirted" with the Canadian musician Micheal Brook, who was responible also for the transformation of a great sumi singer, the Paki Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan into an world-wide known artist.We can bet that , due to this unbelievable collaboration, Gasparyan will reach the success he deserves pretty soon.

"Black Rock" is a very pleasant album, it's an hybridus outlinened by touchless and vanishing borders where the duduk, a light and delicat instrument like no others, has the possibility to run freely through the ways it prefers, but this time it's coupled with Occidental technology.

Brook's ability lies in the fact that he never overcomes music with technology, but arranges tunes to help his new companion creating a unique support , a connective texure rich in moods, perfumes and tastes. It's like a surprising and unusual marriage, in which the category of World Music finds a reason for its existence.