Bestelling Artists from Middle East on Calabash Music

Hanine y son Cubano

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Mercan Dede

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Marcel Khalife

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Samir Joubran

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Niyaz

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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.

Al-Yaman

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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

Bedouism

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

A remarkable collection of music from Jordan.

Burhan Ocal & The Trakya All Stars

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:48:25 -0600

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