ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

Simon SHAHEEN
Bashraf Kurd 4'15
(Turath) [CMP]
Shaheen plays violin and oud, and is joined here by Omar Faruk Tekbilek on ney.

Omar Faruk TEKBILEK .... Turkey / USA
Whirling Dervish 10'30
(Whirling) [Celestial Harmonies]

Boubacar TRAORE .... Mali
Adieu Pierrette 5'10
(Kar Kar) [Stern's Africa]
Just one of many soulful, sad and beautiful songs from this very musical man.

Ali Farka TOURE .... Mali
Soko 5'06
(Radio Mali) [World Circuit]
Many songs on this disc were recorded by Boubacar Traore.

Enrique MORENTE .... Spain
El Vaporcito 5'22
(Negra, si tú supieras) [Nuevos Medios]

RADIO TARIFA .... Spain
Rumba Argelina 3'27
(Rumba Argelina) [World Circuit]
Finally this album has been re-released. I thought the front cover of the original Spanish "Sin-Fin" release was better, but the booklet here is very comprehensive. Ultimately though, the music is what counts, and this disc crosses Spanish, Arabic and medieval influences. Irresistible!!!

(a) Hamza El DIN .... Sudan
Mwashah 3'41
(Eclipse) [Ryko]
(b) RADIO TARIFA .... Spain
Lamma Bada 3'28
(Rumba Argelina) [World Circuit]
Although the titles are different, two versions of the same song. Hamza El Din describes it as "a classical traditional piece for teaching voice from time of the Moors in Spain". Thus the connection.

Habib GUERROUMI .... France
Inquilabat (Pt.1) 5'24
(Musique Arabo-Andalouse) [Playasound]

VARIOUS feat. Özer SENAY .... Turkey
Çamlicadan Bakinca 8'24
(Turkish Bellydance) [ARC Music]
A new release from ARC recorded in Istanbul. This disc really moves.

MARA ! .... Australia
(a) Ruino Vino 1'47
(b) Fair Kop 3'43
(Ruino Vino) [Rufus]

Ahmed ABDUL-MALIK & Johhny GRIFFIN .... USA
Ya Annas 11'10
(Jazz Sahara) [Riverside]
Recorded in New York, October 1958.

Jorge REYES & Suso SAÏZ .... Mexico / Spain
Tente En El Aire 6'00
(Chronica de Castas) [NO-CD Rekords]