Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
Artist Profiles: Filfel Gourgy
Filfel Gourgy was born at the beginning of the 1930s in Baghdad, Iraq, and died in 1983 in the courtyard of his home in Israel.In…
Colombian Cumbia Star Totó la Momposina Releases Fuego
Totó la Momposina, Colombia’s best known cumbia artist has released an EP titled Fuego. These are previously unreleased tracks from the La Candela Viva sessions…
Artist Profiles: Bustan Abraham
Bustan Abraham was founded in 1991. It was a highly acclaimed Jewish and Arab ensemble from Israel, who took the listeners on a musical exploration…
Artist Profiles: Emil Zrihan
Emil Zrihan, cantor of the synagogue in Ashkelon kept the Judeo-Andalusian and folk traditions of his mother country Morocco alive in his heart. Following the…
Artist Profiles: Habrera Hativit
Habrera Hativeet, formed in 1977, played music that has evolved from Sephardic, African and Eastern roots. It was the first group to play Israeli world…
Artist Profiles: Kol – Tof Duo
Kol Tof Trio was formed by three musicians. Three instruments, three native lands, three languages, all gathered in Jerusalem to play the music of Morocco…
Artist Profiles: Lior Elmaleh
Lior Elmaleh, who has been the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra’s resident soloist for a number of years, is one of the leading representatives of the new…
Artist Profiles: Lubna Salame
Lubna Salame was born in Haifa and now lives in Kfar Yassif. She is a resident singer with the Nazareth Orchestra. As a child, she…
Artist Profiles: Muhammad Abu Ajaj
Oud player and composer Muhammad Abu Ajaj was born in 1955 in Kseife. It was from his father’s radio, in the tent that he was…
Artist Profiles: Noa
Achinoam Nini, better known as Noa, was born in Israel in 1969 but grew up in New York. “When I was 17 years old I…