New Music From Israel on Calabash Music

Hanukkah Lounge

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an eclectic mix of smooth-mood-inducing holiday classics by world renowned producers and Grammy award-winning artists

Mishtu Orchestra

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Some dusty klezmer scores on the attic inspired these five musicians to join hands. Mishtu Orchestra takes the rich Jewish musical tradition one step further.

Sara Alexander

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Born in Israel of a Romanian, Jewish, gypsy father and a Turkish Jewish mother, Sara took to music at an early age, absorbing all the influences from the surrounding Arab culture as well as from the Jewish immigration, bringing with it songs from all over the world.

Essev Bar

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Essev Bar's music is influenced by the human diversity and the beautiful nature in the Galilee.

Atlas Soul

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Moroccan Rai, Shaabi, Gnawa, West African Highlife, Afro-Beat, Socca, Reggae, Samba, Jazz, Funk and Rock.

Al-Yaman

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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.

Chanukkah Remixed

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a provocative mix of contemporary Jewish music

Ido Ziv

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This music is driven by rich rhythmic textures, weaving polyrhythmic grooves, deep percussive flavors, while tapping into a jazzy ethnic sound. Colorful melodies and grooves are drawn from folkloric and contemporary Afro-Cuban, African, Brazilian rhythms

The Idan Raichel Project

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

Eliyahu Sills

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