PLAYLIST: 15March08: Mostly MiddleEast

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes

3:00pm

Allahi Allah (MIDIval Punditz Remix)
Niyaz
Niyaz Remixed
2006
Iran & San Francisco

Afsoongar ("Glamorous")
Arian
The Rough Guide to Music of Iran
2006
Iran

Dunya ("This World")
Al-Yaman
Hurriya
2006
Artist from Yemen, currently living in Prague

3:15pm

El Hob el Kebber
George Wassouf
The Very Best of
2006
Syria

Sama-Sounounou
Le trio joubran
Majaz
2006
Palestine; brothers who play the oud

Surya
ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir
Suryaghati
2007
Iran; "zaman" means time/age in both Farsi & Arabic

3:30pm

The Dream
Dark2Men
(download)
2007
Saudi Arabia

Azini (Comfort Me)
The Idan Raichel Project
The Idan Raichel Project
2006
Israel & Ethiopia; vocalist on this track is Mira Anwar Awad from Haifa, singing in Arabic

3:45pm

Little Plait
Jia Bing
Beautiful Tibet
2004
Artists from China & Tibet

Hey Lhasa
Ayongzerang
The Unsinkable Red on my Heart
2003
Tibet (pop)

Sawah
Les Faux
Ethnique Electrique
2007
Artists from Japan & Germany; track with MiddleEastern & Argentinian influences & instrumentation

Dance of Ginka
artist unknown
East Mediterranean Musical Instruments
2005
Oud solo

4:00pm

Coffee Grinding Rhythm
various artists
Bedouins of the Middle East
1955
Field recording of Bedouin in desert between Iraq & Jordan

Egyptian Surf Queen
Jimmy Luttrell
USA Guitar Surf King
2004
Oklahoma

Jibal Al Nuba
Mahmood Fadl
Tribal Groove
2001
Egypt

Esma Yalli
Hakim
Desert Roses & Arabian Rhythms
2001
Egypt

4:15pm

The Architects (Ha'adrichalim)
Subliminal
The Light from Zion (Ha'or Mitzion)
2006
Israel (Hebrew rap)

Kamti
HaDag Nachash
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2006
Israel

Abadai
Bustan Abraham
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2006
Arab/Jewish musicians

4:30pm

Baladi
Hanine y Son Cubano
10908 km
2006
Lebanon vocalist (singing in Arabic) with Cuban musicians

Alabina
Ishtar & Los Ninos de Sara
Rough Guide to Latin-Arabia
2006
Egypt

4:45pm

Donya
The Klezmatics
The Tango Lesson (soundtrack)
1991

Yo En La Prizion
Yasmin Levy
Rough Guide to Mediterranean Cafe Music
2005
Israel/Spain

Melech Amiti
Zehava Ben
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2007
Israel (Arab-influenced "mizachi" music)

Nahan
Niyaz
Niyaz
2005
Iran