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Martyr! Playlist
by Kaveh Akbar
These tracks follow Cyrus from the intimate grief of a family loss into the wider histories of Iran, migration, war, and art. Instrumental pieces evoke memory, distance, and contemplation; the vocal half turns toward sobriety, mortality, and the difficult hope of making meaning from inherited stories.
20 tracks
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Oct 6, 2026
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Track List
20 songs
1
We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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2
Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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3
Prelude For Time Feelers
Matthew Robert Cooper · Copia
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4
The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
Anouar Brahem · The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
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5
In a Landscape
John Cage · Der Bote
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6
The Chairman Dances
John Adams · American Classics
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7
First Snow
Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
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Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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9
Watermark
Enya · Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"
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10
F Major
Hania Rani · Home
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11
Fourth of July
Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell
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12
Between The Bars
Elliott Smith · Either/Or
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13
Ya Rayah
Rachid Taha · Tekitoi?
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14
Baraye
Shervin Hajipour · Baraye
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15
Habibi
Tamino · Amir
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16
The Rip
Portishead · Third
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17
The Trapeze Swinger
Iron & Wine · Around the Well
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18
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs (Deluxe)
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19
Funeral
Phoebe Bridgers · Stranger in the Alps
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