The sagat and drum classes I took this weekend reminded me that it has been a long time since the last time I bought new music, and I am hungry for some new inspiration. Mostly, I'm craving some new contemporary Egyptian Pop, Classic-style orchestral Egyptian, and some debke music to play around with. (also, it's nice that Hollywood Music Center has such a great sale section)
So far, I have ordered:
- Susu & the Cairo Cats - Dancing Drums - I have spoken to many dancers who love this CD, and I was long overdue to have it for my collection
- Naif Agby & Orchestra - Dabke - National Dance of Lebanon - To feed the debke obsession I developed after this past weekend's workshop
- Mohamed Iskandar - Al-Dabke - More debke-obsession-feeding.
- Various Artists - Kanoun Around the World - I got this one kind of on a lark, it was $5, and I'm curious how a "Swedish Folk Dance" song sounds on the kanoun. (also, "Hava Nagila" on the Kanoun? Too unusual to pass up)
- Salatin El Tarab Orchestra - Belly Dance With Hayat - The description on Holywood Music Center was, "Oud, Violin, Tabla, Kanoun and more" and I was sold, I love traditional instruments.
- Setrak Sarkissian - Zikrayat Ranine, Vol. 16 - This one jumped out at me because it has several classics on it, in versions I don't think I already have.
- Various Artists - Fairuziyat - Instrumental versions of classic Fairuz songs. I could listen to Fairuz all day long, but the instrumentals should be nice too.
- Naif Agby & Orchestra - Bedouin Sahda - I was in the mood to add some extra Lebanese music to the mix.
- Eddie "the Sheik" Kochak - Golden Hits - I don't care if he's cheesy or old-fashioned. I love his music! Plus, this CD has versions of both Zeina and Misirlou, and I always need new versions of the classics.
- Samir Srour & Souher Zaki - Cairo Plus - I couldn't resist a compilation with Souhair Zaki's name on it. Especially since it contains a track marked "accordion solo", and I love accordions in oriental music.
- Hamdi El-Khayyat - The Doom-Tek Project - The wide range of rhythms on this CD caught my eye, it seemed interesting for some diversity.
- Hossam Ramzy - Ruby - This one has gotten some high praise on Bhuz, and I'm curious to hear what's inspiring everybody about it.
- Saad - The Dance of My Heart - I seemed to have missed this one when it came out last year. I still listen to "Prince of Sha'abi" a lot, so I figured I'd enjoy picking up a little more of his stuff.
- Khalil Abboud & Leyla Lanty - Golden Days, Enchanting Nights - I ordered Leyla Lanty's Arabic for dancers DVD, and tossed in her CD to get to free shipping on Amazon.
- Also, I can't go to a workshop without buying a little something, so I came home with Everybody Yalla, a kind of Karim's "Greatest Hits". I have some of the songs on it already, but the rest of it is new to me.
I'm always open to suggestions, have any of you come across any great new CD's lately?
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