The Idan Raichel Project

[chomiji]

I don't think any of you on the f-list share my world music habit, but every time I play this one, I fall in love with it all over again.

The Idan Raichel Project (the group's name as well as the album's) is an Israeli group, but the songs and the musicians who sing and perform them are from multiple cultures: Jewish (both European and Middle Eastern), Arabic, Ethiopian. The melodies, to my relatively uneducated ear, echo those of their parent cultures, but they are arranged and sung with more passion and rock/pop sensibility than I've heard in more traditional arrangements of this type of music. Some of them are ravishingly romantic sounding (like the first track, Bo'ee/Come With Me), some angst-filled, some lively and optimistic.

I hope this talented bunch will make some more beautiful music together in the future.

Comments

[chomiji]

I got the Parabola download on this system (still will have to do it again from home) ... but I've barely had a chance to listen to it - it's been One of Those Days at work. (We're implementing a new Time and Attendance system in a very haphazard fashion ... as the "editor" of one of the places that people will go for info on it, I've been attending lots of briefing sessions.)

I recall that my sister liked Richard Thompson - I think I liked him OK but never got around to getting any of his stuff. Probably I should give another listen. (Do you mean Linda Thompson too, above? - you said "she" ... )

[chomiji]

Argh, my bad for letting this string out so long timewise!!

Nope, I haven't heard her that I can recall.