2006-12-11
Traditional Arabic music. ALHAJ plays the “oud,” which is similar to the lute, and is accompanied on this album by Souhail Kaspar, an acclaimed Lebanese percussionist. This is the musical form of “maqam.” Each piece incorporates improvisation followed by a rendition of a distinctive Iraqi tune. p
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Una Sangre/One Blood
NIBS VANDERSPUY
Beautiful Feet
LE VENT DU NORD
LA PART DU FEU
Ziggy Marley
Family Time
NII OTOO ANNAN AND STEVEN FELD
Bufo Variations
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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