Tamer Pinarbasi plays the Qanun (Kanun)
I first heard Tamer Pinarbasi play the kanun on our video for Amnesty International “The Price of Silence.” Andres Levin, the producer, had him record the first layer of “world music” onto the existing...
View ArticleFes Festival Part 2: Taarab Music from Shakila and Rajab Suleiman Trio
JULY 7, 2010, 12:00PM In my last post about the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, I didn’t dwell very much on individual performances, since I was more concerned with conveying the feeling of being...
View ArticleThe Arabic-Anatolian-Balkan Ambiance of Arifa
With members from Turkey, Romania and Iraq, Arifa is a sweet hybrid of a band. I caught them in Amsterdam at the Dutch Jazz and World Meeting. They had already made waves with their first CD “Beyond...
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