The soul of tradition; transcending borders, when a song elevates the spirit and feels as though it is your own it's because it is the rhythm of your being, the tale of your life.

Focusing on melodies of what has come before, Russel Ketenjian's compositions are his response to all that he has felt from childhood to the present; wonderment, love, passion, heartbreak and joy.  To see the world through an artist's eyes and rendering these etchings born in the exotic melodies of the ancient oud.

The guitar; evolving from the oud, weaves Russel's musical thread into a tapestry of original compositions bringing an awareness to all who choose to listen.  Music and art lift the human spirit elevating the quality of our lives, transcending all boundaries created by ethnic background, regional birth location and belief systems of every kind.

Let music, art, higher learning and traditional  insights lead us to the eternal creative soup from which all we came.