World Routes Jerusalem and Nazareth World Routes: Jerusalem and Nazareth 2009
Moshe Morad visits the childhood home of Jesus, Nazareth, meeting members of the Joubran musical dynasty, visiting their oud factory and meeting the Nazareth Arabic orchestra. Plus recordings from the 2008 Jerusalem Oud Festival, including Nazareth-born Dalal Abu Amana, who performs her songs in a special Palestinian dialect unique to Galilee, the ancient songs of two exiled communities - the Paytanim of ancient Aleppo and the Persian Jews of Iran, old Turkish folk songs interpreted by Erkan Ogur and Ismail Demirioglu, recorded in the Jerusalem Theatre. Plus a session by the Cretan lyra virtuoso Ross Daly, who is joined by Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco and Yurdal Tokcan from Turkey on oud, the Jewish Kawali group The Yonah Ensemble and songs from across the Arab world, exploring the musical link between the sufis of Islam and Judaism.
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World Routes—Jerusalem and Nazareth
Moshe Morad explores Israeli and Arab music, visiting the Jerusalem oud festival
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