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Za'atar : Mizrah
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Ecstatic, Spicy, Spiritual. Authentic Middle Eastern Jewish music from a vibrant veteran eight-piece Berkeley-based band
Genre: Spiritual: Judaica
Release Date: 2000
Mizrah Record Label: Za'atar
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Shav'at Eynayim 4:47 Album Only
Hokhma Bina 6:21 Album Only
Eli Ya Eli 5:47 Album Only
Illahi Hicaz 7:07 Album Only
Ney Taqsim 2:01 Album Only
Odekha 5:46 Album Only
Eshal Elohai 5:50 Album Only
Na'ah MiBeit Aviha 5:50 Album Only
'Oud Taqsim 2:18 Album Only
Lamma Bada 3:48 Album Only
Et Dodim 6:45 Album Only
Kanun Taqsim 2:38 Album Only
Ki Eshmera Shabbat 5:14 Album Only
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Album Notes

LATE BREAKING NEWS: Our much awaited 3rd CD, "Riqmat HaZimrah" ("Embroidery of Sacred Song") will be coming off the press the first week of June 2004, and debuting at a CD release party on Sunday, June 6, 2004 at Freight & Salvage Coffee House in Berkeley, California (www.thefreight.org)! We are EXCITED! "Riqmat HaZimrah" will be available from CDbaby.com soon thereafter...

Za'atar is a Berkeley-based band dedicated to the performance of the vibrant music of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern Jewish) cultures.

The members of Za'atar breathe spirit into the music, leading to dancing, chanting, and the ululating (zagharid) that commonly accompanies this music in the Middle East.

Za'atar members collect and arrange its repertoire, which includes traditional and modern, sacred and social music of the Mizrahi Jews.

An eight-piece band, Za'atar combines traditional and modern instruments and arrangements with extensive improvisation to present an uplifting musical experience.

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REVIEWS

great cd...a perfect production...for world music lovers and everyone
author: taisha production
mizrah is za'atar's second cd wich is much better than the first one. a rael nice group voice coming from those guys, with the spice of an arab/jewish music. a good mix of musicians from around the globe, giving an interesting sound to the popular arab songs , that are mostly sung in hebrew . a great gift for the jewish and the world music lovers. discover the music that you will not here in a regular music store. a good band with a great cd...and nice website (www.zaatar.web.com)
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This is an extraordinary CD!
author: Sidi Abu Yaaza Filmworks
This CD is truly extraordinary. It opens up the musical world of Mizrahi Jews. It also lovingly invites us to embrace the world in a way that moves us beyond traditional either/or thinking and to think of the cultural and spiritual realities of Jews of many differing contexts. This music heals, transports, liberates, and transforms. And my 8 year-old son loves it! MABROUK!
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