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Alphabetizes the Middle East
Saturday, February 8, 2014 | 14:00 to 16:00 | Specialty

Artist Song Album Label Comments
Abaji Kilme Oriental Voyage Network Medien "Exploring the Depths of Oriental Blues."
Riad Abdel-Gawad Sama i Sultanah Yakah El Tarab El Aseel Incognito
Amina Alaoui Fado Al-Mu'tamid Arco Iris ECM 11th century.
Tanburi Cemil Bey Saba Pesrev Tanburi Cemil Bey Traditional Crossroads Recordings made 1910-1914 by the Blumenthal Record and Talking Machine Company.
Kudsi Erguner Ensemble Kurdili hicazkar pesrev Works of Kemani Tatyos Efendi Traditional Crossroads
Dastan Ensemble with Shahram Nazeri Ghateh-ye Zarbi Through Eternity: Persian Devotional Music Sounds True Homage to Molavi (Rumi).
Oruj Guvenc and Tumata Alhamdulillah Ocean of Remembrance: Sufi Improvisations and Zhikrs Interworld
Naji Hilal Liga (Encounter) Intizar Maqam Music NCSU alum.
Udi Hrant Kenkulian Hicaz Taksim Udi Hrant Kenkulian Traditional Crossroads
Rabih Abou-Khalil Arabian Waltz Arabian Waltz Enja The Balanescu String Quartet.
Dastgah Nava Tasnif Dastgah Nava Traditional Crossroads
The Mevlevi Ensemble Sultan Veled Peshrev Returning: The Music of the Whirling Dervishes Interworld
The Necdet Yasar Ensemble Ud Taksim; Mevlevi Ayin Music of Turkey Music of the World
Jala Zolfonun Hud Hud Kord Bayat Music of the World
Suzan Yakar Sevda Zinciri Istanbul 1925 Traditional Crossroads
Abdul Hussein Khan Shahnazi Bidad Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings - New Responses Honest Jons
Dogan Ergin and Zbdi Coskun Yayla Tanbur Solo Turkey: Echoes of Anatolia: Music from Istanbul Multicultural Media
Hafiz Burhan Rast Tempolu Gazel Great Voices of Constantinople: 1927-1933 Rounder 1931.
Lale and Nerkis Hanoum Idim Yarim Bachesine To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora (1916-1929) Tompkins Square
Safiye Ayla Saatleree Basbasa Women of Istanbul Traditional Crossroads
Nashaz City of Sand Nashaz Ziryab "Nashaz" is Arabic for 'generally out of tune.'