The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112293 Message #2374012
Posted By: GUEST,Volgadon
25-Jun-08 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: Tired of the Same Old Music?
Subject: Tired of the Same Old Music?
I think it would interesting to have a thread listing folk (I use the term loosely) albums people like, which aren't exactly what everybody else is listening to. Unusual, exotic, rare, that sort of thing. I'll start.
From Israel: http://www.shlomobar.com/indexA.html Shlomo Bar & Habrera Hativit (AKA the Gathering). The pioneers of ethnic music in Israel. Formed in the late 70s with Shlomo Bar, a Moroccan, on percussion, Samson Kehimkar, an Indian fiddler, Miguel Herschtein, a jazz and flamenco guitarist, and a bass player. The line-up changed later, with oud and qanun being added. There are a lot of Indian an classical oriental influences, as well as Jewish melodies from North Africa and Eastern Europe. Even accoustic they have a folk-rock feel which could put Fairport to shame. The album I recommend to begin with is Faithful Waters (main neemanim), their 2CD anthology.