Oaksenham

Oaksenham is an electric and acoustic progressive rock band established in 2001. Oaksenham’s core consists of experienced musicians that have played in a range of influential Armenian rock bands: Vahagn Papayan (a.k.a. Dumbarton Oaks) and Ashot Korganyan from the same progressive band very popular in 1990s in Armenia (a.k.a. Strangers, Bambir 2). Professionally educated musicians, nearly all of them are graduates of the Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory. They soon proved their serious intentions upon giving a very good concert in June 2002. In addition to the electric program, the band also boasts an acoustic one, part of which was presented to public on March 18, 2004 at the opening of the British Posters Exhibition organized by British Council Yerevan. This time it was their “Beatles Fantasy” performed with a woodwind ensemble that met a very warm response from public and media. The Oaksenham Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine were highly claimed in the leading European and North American prog journals for their debut live CD “Woden’s Eve” self-released in 2004, among them Classic Rock Society (UK), Expose (United States), Prog-Resiste (Belgium), Strutter-zine (Netherlands...

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