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Saturday, August 23, 2008
La Pas Du Chat Noir
Friday evening chill-out, with one of my favorite pieces of music, by Oud-master Anouar Brahem.
Here's another piece by Anouar. I don't know the title of the composition, but it has a very cool video.
Having enjoyed the links, I chose to look up information about the artist Anouar Brahem. His bio is very centric to his art. No personal details to be found on the net through what little effort I put forth. He apparently enjoys experimentation with outside influences, and creatively puts his talents to excellent use. Thanks for sharing.
BTW, are you familiar with the Persian classical guitarist, Armik?
A lot of mundane work gets finished lickity split while listening to Gypsy flame.
Anonymous, Armik's music is beautiful. It resonates with me, as does Anouar Brahem's music.
I love the music of Spain, Morocco, France, Israel, Italy, etc. Mediterranean in general. I love a lot of Arab music. My wife and I both love this kind of music
My wife is Filipino, so the Spanish, possibly even Moorish influence is obvious in her culture, possibly passed down in the blood as well.
Where it comes from with me, I have no idea. My family is from England.
I have noticed that Celtic music seems to have a lot of ME influences. The Bodran drum is similar to some of the Middle Eastern drums. The twining, arpegiating style of singing. The scales they use. There are similarities. And, I have heard people debate that the folks of the Celtic world may be migrants from the ME.
A friend of mine who grew up in Belfast told me of how his side in the "troubles" flew Israeli flags in their windows, while the other side flew Palestinian flags. He said that his people identified with the Jews and some believed themselves to be the lost tribe, though they were Protestant Christians.
We had an Irish contributor here at IBA a few years back who confirmed everything my friend told me, so apparently, this was not limited to my friend's neighborhood in Belfast.
Such stories are interesting, and worth noting. I don't know if we'll ever know if they are true.
Lovely, Jaco. I would like to think that when Islam falls, and ultimately it will, this kind of beauty will arise from the ashes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I didn't even bother pointing out the obvious, that this guy is a Muslim and his music is absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe Muslims of the world do a lot of things right.
It's politics and law they do wrong.
But, you know, that being said, I've never heard an Islamic Beethoven or Mahler. Have you?
;-)
Having enjoyed the links, I chose to look up information about the artist Anouar Brahem. His bio is very centric to his art. No personal details to be found on the net through what little effort I put forth. He apparently enjoys experimentation with outside influences, and creatively puts his talents to excellent use.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
BTW, are you familiar with the Persian classical guitarist, Armik?
A lot of mundane work gets finished lickity split while listening to Gypsy flame.
ISLA DEL SOL آرمیک
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How much talent like this has been inhibited and stifled over the last fourteen centuries?
Imagine:
Afghan Children Reacting to The Wizard of Oz
Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteArmik's music is beautiful. It resonates with me, as does Anouar Brahem's music.
I love the music of Spain, Morocco, France, Israel, Italy, etc. Mediterranean in general. I love a lot of Arab music. My wife and I both love this kind of music
My wife is Filipino, so the Spanish, possibly even Moorish influence is obvious in her culture, possibly passed down in the blood as well.
Where it comes from with me, I have no idea. My family is from England.
I have noticed that Celtic music seems to have a lot of ME influences. The Bodran drum is similar to some of the Middle Eastern drums. The twining, arpegiating style of singing. The scales they use. There are similarities. And, I have heard people debate that the folks of the Celtic world may be migrants from the ME.
A friend of mine who grew up in Belfast told me of how his side in the "troubles" flew Israeli flags in their windows, while the other side flew Palestinian flags. He said that his people identified with the Jews and some believed themselves to be the lost tribe, though they were Protestant Christians.
We had an Irish contributor here at IBA a few years back who confirmed everything my friend told me, so apparently, this was not limited to my friend's neighborhood in Belfast.
Such stories are interesting, and worth noting. I don't know if we'll ever know if they are true.
By the way, here's another Muslim musician I love. Zakir Hussain is a tabla player (I am a drummer myself).
ReplyDeleteIn this video Zakir is playing with the American jazz musician Charles Lloyd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-IJA9qQao
nice
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