Armenian and Anatolian Folk Music
Okbari
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(884502313543)
Record Label: Mustt records
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Okbari
Amos Libby and Eric LaPerna perform Armenian and Anatolian folk music, classical Middle Eastern music and traditional folk and contemporary songs from the Greek, Arabic and Balkan traditons. Okbari has a long partnership with Maine's most beloved belly dancer, Jamileh. Okbari has performed throughout the Northeast and the Midwest. To further their studies, Okbari traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, where they shared the stage with the Kemani Serkan Roma Ensemble at Ikinci Bahar in the famed Cicek Pasaji as well as with the Oudi Hasan Roumeli Kef Ensemble at Roumeli Meyhane.
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Armenian and Anatolian Folk Music
author: raffi nicoghosian
I took a chance ordering this cd, but am absolutely captivated from the first moment I put it on. Being familiar with the greats of the genre from Udi Hrant to Richard Hagopian Okabri comes in with a raw treatment of the most popular songs in the repertoire. The Oud playing is very crisp, the percussion and the horns enthusiastic lending an overall feeling of a band truely interested in playing the music for the music's sake. There are no credits for the musicians on the album, however, which I found a little strange!
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