Accordion Music With An Eastern Touch
The Sounds Of Taraab explored the Swahili musical culture of the East African coast which can be described as a delightful blend of African, Arabic & Indian musical styles.
The group featured Ismail Butera on accordion & vocals, the voice of Sudanese vocalist Alsarah, oud virtuoso Haig Manoukian, Michael Hess on violin & nai flute, Nicole LeCorgne on dumbek & frame drum along with Tiye Giraud playing shekere & varied percussion and Sajel Kukadia, tabla
Mahaba Wa Taka Nini
Eni Wana Damu
Rufiji
Original Composition
Mapenzi Matamu Vocal, Tiye Giraud
Daka Kozi Manowe
Sishituki
In memoriam, oud master Haig Manoukian
Taksim Hijaz
A La Turca Improvisation
Bogomila was a trio I formed with clarinetist George Stathos & Seido Salifoski on dumbek, collaborating with vocalist Annette Ezekiel. We performed the Balkan cafe music of several ethnic communities from southeastern Europe. The group brought me back to the 70's when this kind of music could be heard wafting from the doors and windows of the once many restaurants and nightclubs from the region that were popular back then. Fun times!
Hatidze
Bosnian popular song about a beautiful dark haired girl
Djelem Djelem
Cafe song immortalized by Saban Bajramovic
Jingo Jingo
Song named for a guy who buys a nice new car popularized by singer Muharem Serbezovski
Romano Horo
Joyous dancing of the Romany people popularized
by the great Esma Redzepova of the former Yugoslavia
Karroon Karoon
Armenian Folk Song Vocal, Deborah Karpel
Photo, Les Gold
Stoyana Stanka Na Dumashe
Macedo-Bulgarian Ballad
More Sokol Pije
A hawk drinks from the Vardar, a river in northern Macedonia
Karagouna
Greek folk song typical of the style of the northern Greece/Albanian border area known as Epirus
Ochi Chornya
Russian Folk Song Vocal, Deborah Karpel
Land Of A Thousand Lakes
Music Of Old Prussia