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A Time of Peace Brothers of the Baladi [BLD 006] 7 86426 - 0007 -2 4 A Time of Peace presents an instrumental collection of Christmas songs performed on traditional acoustic Middle Eastern instruments by Brothers of the Baladi. This unique CD is in the true spirit of the Holidays. Led by founder/drummer/percussionist Michael Beach [1975], Brothers of the Baladi present 15 Christmas songs from various European sources played on the Kanoon, a 76 stringed zither-like instrument - as well as the Arabic Oud, Turkish Ney [flute], Bouzouk, the double reeded Mizmar and acoustic fretless Bass. Each carol rides to the rhythms of the Middle East [with traditonal drums doumbek/darbuka, def, riq & tabl beledi] as never heard before. The melodies find natural counterpoints and turns in the interpretations that each player adds and each instrument demands. Ishmael, a master of the Kanoon, creates beautifully complex runs on We Three Kings, while the haunting ney/flute of Steve Flynn on Silent Night evokes the vast desert horizons. The oud solo by Stephen Skaggs pays honor to the instrument's descendent, the English lute, on A Coventry Carol. If a cold desert night were bathed by the light of the Crescent Moon and the Wiseman's Star, if the sounds of string, flute and drum silenced the anxious cries of battle, it would be a night when warriers of different faiths would share the melodies of their homelands and of Holy Days long ago. It would be a Night of Harmony and A Time of Peace. Burnside Distribution Co. 503/231-0876 www.bdcdistribution.com Check out the artist's website: http://www.baladi.com Track List: 1. Deck the Halls 2. We Three Kings 3. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem 4. Oh Come All Ye Faithful 5. Coventry Carol 6. Oh Tannenbaum 7. Good King Wenceslas 8. Little Drummer Boy 9. Joy to the World 10. Angels We Have Heard on High 11. Silent Night 12. Hark the Herald Angels Sing 13. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 14. Away in a Manger 15. The First Noel Other Genres:
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