Bestelling Artists from Middle East on Calabash Music

Hanine y son Cubano

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:34 -0500

Hanine y son Cubano produces an amazingly organic mix of Arabic & Caribbean sounds.

Mercan Dede

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:34 -0500

Turkish-born and Montreal-based Mercan Dede fuses Sufi music with contemporary ambient sounds

Marcel Khalife

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:34 -0500

Marcel Khalifé invents and creates original music, a novel world of sounds, freed of all pre-established rules. This language elevates him to the level of an ambassador of his own culture and to the vanguard of Near Eastern music in search of innovators.

The Idan Raichel Project

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:34 -0500

entrancing fusion from Israeli Idan Raichel with Israel's Ethiopian, Arab, Yemenite and Carribean communities

Niyaz

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:34 -0500

Niyaz is an acoustic electronic project that brings together three prominent musical figures to form an exciting new fusion of traditional Persian music and modern electronics.

Samir Joubran

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:35 -0500

Samir and Wassam Joubran are the creme de la creme among Palestinian oud players.

Al-Yaman

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:35 -0500

Al-Yaman is based mainly on folk songs of Yemen and Arabic world and its sound is the fusion of acoustic instruments and electronics, which connects the traditional methods with new elements of dance music.

Ahmed Mukhtar

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:35 -0500

Ahmed Mukhtar's blessed fingers fashioning shades and shapes from his instrument that most people can only dream of.

Bedouism

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:35 -0500

A remarkable collection of music from Jordan.

Burhan Ocal & The Trakya All Stars

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:23:35 -0500

Buran Ocal is one of Turkey's most respected master percussionists and multi-instrumentalists.