Left, by Shaudi Bianca Vahdat

Left

by Shaudi Bianca Vahdat

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1.	Away 02:30	buy track
2.	Act V (feat. Joey Shaw) 02:09	buy track
3.	Boy Blue 02:39	buy track
4.	Gole Yakh 04:34	buy track
5.	Gilman and 45th 02:28	buy track

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Left is a five track studio EP that utilizes diverse genres and songwriting styles to explore heartbreak and longing. The story-driven songwriting of Shaudi Bianca Vahdat's 2012 debut EP album, Some Songs, is built upon here with fuller arrangements that borrow elements from folk, jazz, and American and Iranian 1970's pop. The album features musicians David Ansari, Ellen Zahniser, Joey Shaw, and the songwriter's father, Manooch Vahdat. Shaudi Bianca Vahdat's composition and arrangement work for theatre has been called "crackling with humor and warmth" (City Arts) and "fun (and) foot-stomping" (BlogCritics), and her storytelling skills are on display in her work on Left. From the quiet, intimate interpretation of the "morning after" scene in Romeo and Juliet in Act V, to a driving contemporary cover of Iranian pop-rock icon Kourosh Yaghmaei's 1974 hit Gole Yakh, Left is a dreamy, ethereal, stylistically mixed piece of work.

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released August 8, 2017

Produced by Shaudi Bianca Vahdat

Shaudi Bianca Vahdat- Lead vocals, piano
David Ansari-Percussion, vocals
Ellen Zahniser-Vocals
Joey Shaw-Vocals, guitar, bass
Manooch Vahdat-Guitar, vocals (Gole Yakh)

Recorded by T.J. Morris at Deep Well Studios in Woodinville, WA
Mastering by Jared Hirshland, Elysian Masters in Los Angeles, CA
Album cover design by Catherine Roach, Hey Atlas Creative in Whidbey Island, WA

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Shaudi Bianca Vahdat Seattle, Washington

Shaudi Bianca Vahdat is a Seattle-based musician and theatre artist. Her vocal and performance style reflect a diverse training in jazz, musical theatre, classical, and both American and Iranian folk music. Her experience as an actor and her love of poetry and theatre also come through her lyrics and composition work. ... more

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