Through the month of June, every (relevant) comment here will be an entry in a month-end random drawing for...(drum roll please)...
Anouar Brahem's album Le Voyage de Sahar
Better odds than the lottery, and it'll help me know what you like about SoundRoots, and what else I should be covering.
Le Voyage de Sahar features Brahem on oud, Francois Couturier on piano, and Jean-Louis Matinier on accordion. Here's what Jazz Times says:
One would think that the odd instrumentation alone would result in a bizarre sound, but really this band comes up with something very familiar. Oud or no, Brahem’s band plays soft-focus Euro cabaret-folk with a dose of French classical music thrown in. This is Brahem’s band and his music, but he seems like a guest player here. He blends with the delicately layered group sound on a seemingly endless stock of melancholy themes, and he takes restrained solo spots here and there as Matinier drones softly behind him. It’s actually Couturier’s keyboard impressionism that sets the tone. Even the longer pieces feel like vignettes—traveling themes, sad ballads or twee dances that set a single, evocative mood and then fade away like smoke from the end of a cigarette.
Here are some mp3 sample clips from the album:
And a full-length song from a previous album:
[mp3] Anouar Brahem: "Pique-Nique A Nagpur"
from the album Le Pas Du Chat Noir
So let's hear those comments, suggestions, recommendations...
6 comments:
I first learned of Hamza El Din's passing at this site. From now on, I'll count on SoundRoots to inform me of such news, be it happy or sad. That said, I love Brahem's accordian sound.
www.therestandstheglass.com
Correction: I see now that Brahem is the oud dude.
Well, it's still Brahems' sound, 'cause it's his album.
Thanks for the visit. And readers -- I recommend a visit to HIB's therestandstheglass.com for more good music and a clever photo theme.
SoundRoots is my source for music from the rest of the world. I have good sources for music from sub-Saharab Africa, (which I love), but this is where I look for music from the Arab world, Eastern Europe, and pleasant suprises I didn't know I was looking for. Keep up the good work.
PS Do you have any Ladino folk songs to share?
hola,
didn't know where else to send this..but i been looking for a song for a very long time..it's a Cuban recording of a group called Las D' Aida & I believe Omara Portuondo was in the grooup...they had a song, maybe early 1980's called "Son Las D' Aida" that had mixed Bata drums, electric guitars, organ, electric bass, drumset & the rich vocal harmonies of the all-female singers...this was (and still is) my favorite song of all time & I would be forever indebted to anyone out there who may give obformation on how I can secure a copy of this gem...thank you
Roberto Razon
rumberorazon@yahoo.es
Oh excuse me, yes, I just remembered that song from Las D' Aida was a composition of the bassist on the session, Fabian Garcia....years later, the Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez had an album where he used this bassist and actually quoted the melody of this song I'm looking for...... thanks again!
rumberrazon@yahoo.es
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