Artist     : Amina Alaoui
Album      : Alcantara
Source     : converted from flac
Year       : 1998
Genre      : World Music (Arabo-Andalusian traditional)

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Codec      : LAME 3.98
Bitrate    : VBR ~162K/s  44100Hz  Joint Stereo
ID3-Tag    : ID3v2.3

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****Musicians:

Amina Alaoui: Voice and daf
Henri Agnel: Gittern, cetera (cistre), rebec, daf, 
             tambourin and backing vocals
Bijan Chemirani: zarb, daf iranien and tambourin 


Commentary from www.amazon.com:

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 1998
The ancient Andalusian poetry that Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui 
brings to radiant life in Alcantara has been in her family for 
generations. Her relatives sang the 500-year-old poems at 
gatherings and her grandmother murmured them while working on 
embroidery. The CD, whose title means "the bridge," takes 
listeners over time and land to the Muslim dynasties of medieval 
Spain and the music created there. This unique, melodious music 
along with Alaoui's aromatic voice makes Alcantara one of the 
best CDs of 1998. --Karen Karleski

Amazon.com
Alcantara is a testament to the beauty of simplicity. This CD 
holds deliciously exotic music spun from the lovely singing of 
Moroccan vocalist Amina Alaoui and light but expressive guitar 
and percussive accompaniment from Henri Agnel and Bijan 
Chemirani. Empty of any sublime pretensions or girlish Western 
tone, Alaoui sings simply and maturely--with the love for her 
Anadalusian heritage spilling naturally through. Her style 
reminds one of Cesaria Evora--not singing to impress but to 
preserve and celebrate her culture's music. Rooted in a Muslim 
dynasty of Spain that ruled from the 8th to the 15th century, 
Andalusian music has a distinctly ancient, Arabic feel that's 
not particularly melancholy, certainly not solemn--just lyrical 
and elegant. And Alaoui portrays these qualities with a rare 
grace and expertise. To mine for more gems of Amina Alaoui's 
talent, check out her first U.S. release, Gharnati: Arabo-
Andalusian Music of Morocco. --Karen Karleski 

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Track Listing
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 1. Ode d'ibn arabi                   (2:24)
 2. Ya 'ouchaq                        (7:18)
 3. Amours ou trop tard me suis pris  (5:51)
 4. Lamento de Tristan                (2:08)
 5. Istikhbar Zidane                  (4:16)
 6. Ya racha fattan                   (5:08)
 7. Maravillosos                      (4:07)
 8. Baha stibari                      (6:44)
 9. Ya man lahou                      (3:05)
10. Batahouvat el qama bachahar       (3:22)
11. Hija mia                          (3:20)
12. Ya 'adili billah                  (3:34)
13. Ya mouqabil / Amchi ya rassoul    (4:36)
14. El hourm ya rassoul allah         (6:08)

Total Playing Time: 62:08 (min:sec)
Total Size        : 81.3 MB (85,242,805 bytes)

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