Vocal works sung in Arabic. Subtitle taken from cover of container insert. Various performers. Compiled by Dan Rosenberg from previously-released recordings. "Produced by World Music Network in association with Oxfam and New Internationalist"--Container. Compact disc. Program notes on the performers, the instruments and the music in English by Dan Rosenberg ([16] pages : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Tulbah = Proposition (El-Funoun) (1:57) -- Taal zaman (Natacha Atlas ; Transglobal Underground) (5:21) -- Agee jump (MoMo) (7:04) -- Breeze in Bisaan (Simon Shaheen ; Qantara) (4:44) -- We daret el ayam (Mahmoud Fadl ; feat[uring] Salwa Abou Greisha) (5:55) -- Mali ha Mali (Abdou) (3:42) -- Remembering Machghara (Rabih Abou Khalil) (7:08) -- Ya rayah (Dahmane El Harrachi) (5:50) -- Bitzîd min 'adhâbî = She increases my pain (Abdel Gadir Salim) (6:14) -- Mabruk (Ali Hassan Kuban) (6:31) -- Min Ashur lla Ishbiliya = From Assur to Seville (Naseer Shamma) (5:22) -- Dandana (Warda) (6:46).
Summary:
"The Arab world spans nearly twenty nations and a quarter of a billion people, and there are hundreds of folk styles that can be found between North Africa and the Persian Gulf ... Oxfam Arabia presents a cross-section of music from the region, including a variety of regional folk styles, raï, gnawa, wedding songs and Arab classical music. This album is produced in association with the major international charity Oxfam"--Container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.