Middle Eastern Music
Ashkar Music & Dance composes, performs and records authentic Middle Eastern music – Arabic music, Persian music Turkish music and Oriental Jewish music – including improvisations on the Arabic and Turkish Maqams (Taqasim). Featuring a unique playing style on the oud (‘ud), our music comes from the soul.
Here is a sample track from our latest Middle Eastern music CD “Camoon” for your enjoyment (on Internet Explorer, click the icon to activate, then click to stop, rewind and replay).
Yasu:
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If you like what you hear, you can buy Yasu on our latest CD “Camoon”, along with 8 additional tracks of traditional Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Jewish music, including 4 original pieces composed by Yuval Ashkar. Here is what you will get:
# |
Title |
Description |
| 1 | Yasu | Yuval Ashkar Original (instrumental) |
| 2 | Nihavent Ayun Havasi | Traditional Turkish Music (instrumental) |
| 3 | Abdalak | Yuval Ashkar Original (instrumental) |
| 4 | Oud Taqasim | Yuval Ashkar Original (instrumental) |
| 5 | Nihavent Oriental | Traditional Turkish Music (instrumental) |
| 6 | Et Dodim Kala | Traditional Jewish Song |
| 7 | Piyut | Traditional Jewish Song |
| 8 | Yellow Camel | Yuval Ashkar Original (instrumental) |
| Bonus | Dulab Dashti | Persian Traditional Music (instrumental) |
- Yuval Ashkar – oud (‘ud), daff (riq), reg, darbuka and vocals
- Cleis Pearce – viola and violin
- Guy Madigan – darbuka, jambuka, bells and bandir
- Greg Lyons (guest musician) – piano
“Camoon is probably the best album
of world music in Australia”