Belinda Sykes - voice, bagpipes, director Jeremy Avis - voice Mor Karbasi - voice Stuart Hall - oud, guitar, violin, double bass Jean Kelly - cláirseach Tim Garside - percussion, dulcimer, nay
Plus many guest artists: Kim Burton - accordion, kaval (AKA Kema Mustafa) Riccardo Delfino - hurdy gurdy, harp, voice Ulises Diaz Ropero - voice Abdul Salam Kheir - voice, oud Merit Ariane Stephanos - voice Catia Gianessi - voice, tamburello Pierino Rabanser - voice, tamburello, bagpipes Mounir Baziz - violin, darabuka Mick Sands - voice, bodhran, flute Paul Clarvis - percussion Salah Dawson Miller - percussion
“A superior collection of first-rate musicians” Songlines
“Joglaresa kick medieval music out of the cloister and into the marketplace ... performances full of personality. Sykes’ voice has great emotional range, luxuriating in Arab eroticism, next hollering the Bulgarian style and tumbling into a jacuzzi of yodelling.” The Wire
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8-page CD booklet contains programme notes, plus English translations of songs
Joglaresa are a London-based British/Israeli/Irish/Arabic band who comprise outstanding international performers from the spheres of early music, world music and jazz. They have a sound that is at once traditional and contemporary - combining intoxicating elements of Medieval, Middle Eastern, Flamenco and Celtic musics, they meld together a sound that is both extrovert and intimate.
“Sykes’ study of voice and improvisation in North Africa, Spain and the Middle East was thrillingly evident “ The Times
"carnival-like exuberance - enjoyable and virtuosic" FROOTS Magazine
Their performances include the opening concert at the Aldeburgh Festival and the closing concert at York Early Music Festival; London's Lufthansa Festival (where they put "brought in one of the largest audiences at the festival"), the Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), St David's Hall (Cardiff), London's Barbican Centre, Sana'a & Aden (Yemen), Brezice Early Music Festival (Slovenia), Istanbul, Amsterdam International Festival of Jewish Music, Chinchilla Early Music Festival; tours in Germany, Belgium, Italy and Holland. Numerous radio broadcasts - the world over...
Hi & thank you so much for the add! You probably don't remember but some years ago I received and album of yours from you directly and played it several times in my radio show of folk, roots & world music here. I'm very glad to know you're still around in these days! All the best from Italy. MF
Hey cheers for the friendship, check my page if you're interested in recording, mixing or mastering - top mics, great rooms, low rates. Keep up the good work :)
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U-CEF Halalwood
First there was Hollywood…then Bollywood…and now…Halalwood, Morocco's first and foremost digitalizer's debut album for Crammed.
‘Halalwood’ is a tour-de-force which puts gnawa music, dub, sinuous classic Arabic arrangements for qanun, flute & violins, electronic beats, rappers & MCs, big drums & crunchy rock guitars in a giant blender to produce something fresh and original… U-Cef has all the legitimacy & inspiration needed to navigate between cultures, without any prejudices, disrespect or fear: Born and raised in Rabat, he absorbed much of his native Morocco's multiple traditions before moving first to New York and then to London, immersing himself along the way in the Western world's electronic & rock scenes. His first CD ‘Halalium’ (2001) was a milestone in Moroccan urban dance music, and has inspired a whole generation of rappers, b-boys and pro-tools adventurers, from Tangiers to Taroudant and Melilla to Marrakech.
Featuring an exciting cast of high-profile guests including Damon Albarn, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Mirror System (Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy), Oum Alright, UK Apache, Amina Annabi, Justin Adams and Moroccan rap duo Dar Gnawa.
