by Various Artists

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THE MUSIC OF ISLAM is a representational sampling of the music heard on all fifteen volumes of an incredible series: music from so many countries form so large an area (Africa, Asia, Europe, the islands of the Western Pacific) featuring both instrumentals and vocals from the sacred to the (nearly) profane.

When I mention music in the Islamic countries to people, they either mention the music known as belly dance or some high-pitched vocal they describe as wailing - a rather negative term.

Some music in MUSIC OF ISLAM leans in this direction, but many eyes and ears will be opened by listening to this collection: many Westerners have already fallen in love with the Gnawa music of Morocco represented on Cut 3, 'Youbati', for example; or the lovely flute music of Egypt or Pakistan. How about the deep, resonating sound of the oud, the granddaddy of the guitar still played in dozens of countries throughout the Islamic Diaspora, heard here on many different cuts (but none better than cut 5, 'Ya Rabbat El-Hussen', from Yemen).

Sometimes in light of recent developments Westerners (particularly Americans) think of Muslims as backward, strange, and a little bit crazy and of course a few are - but they aren't the majority. Listen to THE MUSIC OF ISLAM: some of these traditions go back over a thousand years, but they never froze in time - innovations have always appeared.

Innovations in traditional cultures may not be as immediate and frantically accepted as in the USA, but they do happen. Hopefully here is an opportunity many will take to open up to music they never knew existed.

tracklist

1 BAQARA SURAH II, 1-5

2 FARHANG ' E A ' VAM

3 YOUBATI

4 BENT EL BALAD

5 KA ' BENIN YOLLARI

6 YA RABBAT EL-HUSSEN

7 RAGA BAIRAGI BHAIRVA

8 RATEP MEUSUEKAT

9 AL-KARTCH

10 QUM NA DIMI

11 BAAD EL ASAHA

12 ESHBEHAYN

13 TEKBIR

14 MAWAL I

15 SCENE INAUGURATION

Total Time: 78'33"

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