Recommendations for Arab and Mid-Eastern fusion.


I'm looking for new talents from Middle East as I've started developing an interest in Middle Eastern scales blends.
Currently I can't stop listening to Dhafer Youseff(Turkey, vocal, oud) and Michael Tawadros(Iran, oud).
I also like Ofra Haza(Israel, vocal)
Please chip in with your favorite picks from Middle East.
THANKS.
czarivey

Showing 1 response by skoczylas

I don't have any fusion for you but good music would include: a cd called "songs of greeces gypsies" which you can order the cd on Amazon or download decent files on iTunes or other sites. These are songs the gypsies play and I have heard done in different labguages while traveling in Bosnia, Croatia, Crete, Greece, turkey and even Lebanon. You can hear Arabic Spanish guitar and rythyms, classic Balkan melodies and Aegean themes. Only the gypsies can bring this all together.

Good quality standard non fusion would include anything by turkish singer candan ercetin, and Lebanese singer elissa. Both are high quality pop. Also of course anything by Lebanese singer fairuz is usually great but avoid some of her cover work in the 80s. If you can find a fairuz lp the sounds is great. I have heard but never been able to purchase.