Recording Projects
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Live Performances
| Zikrayati w/Bassam Saba and Jamal Sinno - Live at Harvard University | Parfume D'Gitane w/New York Arabic Ensemble - Live at The Stone | Longa w/Anne Elise Thomas - Live at the Stone |
Brenna McCrimmon - Kulak Misafiri
Coming Soon!!! Brenna's New CD "Kulak Misafiri" features: The Toids - Ryan Francesconi, Dan Cantrell & Tobias Roberson Round Mountain - Char Rothschild & Robby Rothschild Orkestra Keyif - Beth Bahia Cohen, Lefteris Bournias, Haig Manoukian, Paul Brown, Phaedon Sinis, Polly Tapia Ferber, Umut Yasmut, Nicole LeCorgne & Adam Good. Edessa - Lise Liepman, George Chittenden, Sali Rumen Shopov Ansambl Mastika - Greg Squared, Rima Sharon Fand, Reuben Radding, Matt Moran Taksim - Souren Baronian & Mal Stein Plus other special guests - Ben Grossman, Anne Lederman, Deb Singha, Rich Brown, David Buchbinder, Ernie Tollar, Jodi Hewat (Zagnuts), Patrick Farrell & Sandy Hollister.
| Sabah Sabah |
Sounds of Taraab - Zanzibar, New York
The Sounds of Taraab is a newly formed ensemble made up of musicians from both the Near Eastern and African musical traditions who came together to explore and perform the music of Zanzibar and East Africa. Popular in the cities of Africa's eastern coast, taraab is a genre that is a hybrid of Arabic, Indian and Swahili African styles. The Sounds of Taraab endeavor to share with audiences their experiences with this wonderful music, an exciting genre sure to please aficionados of world music.
| Rufigi | La La Mapenze | Sishituki |
Panacea
Panacea is an eclectic blend of five of the San Francisco Bay area's most individual and sought after musicians. With a myriad of successful music careers between them, these five dynamic performers have joined their unique and diverse talents to form what is being called a wildly playful ensemble.
Santuri player Robin Petrie has recorded and toured extensively, playing and singing Celtic and European folk music. Nicole LeCorgne specializes in Middle Eastern and Balkan percussion. Bon Brown Singer is well known as a vocalist and the original artistic director of the Kitka women's chorus. Shira Kammen tours here and abroad as a medieval and early music vocalist and instrumentalist. Accordionist Nada Lewis has led several renowned Balkan and klezmer ensembles in the Bay area.
Together their repertoire is as diverse as their experience, with music that travels from Finland to Israel and spends quite a bit of time in the Balkans along the way.
| Gravsko's Horo | Trugnale Marko | Sandansko Horo |
Djerdan: Urban Folk Music of the Former Yugoslavia
Combining classical tradition with folk traditions from the many cultures of the former Yugoslavia, Slavko Silic and Derdan perform unique arrangements of traditional songs and dance melodies from Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, and beyond. Violins, guitar, cello, accordion, flute, drums and vocals. Benefits the Bosnian Refugee Education Center in San Francisco, California.
| Tamburalo Momce |