Orchestre Andalou d'Israel

[Jack Falk \(E-mail\) <jackfalk...>]

Shalom, khevre!

On my last couple of visits to LA, Simon (Hatikvah
Music) has loaded me up with new material for our
radio show, the Yiddish Hour on KBOO-FM.  Our station
is community-sponsored, listener-supported radio, which
means that I pay retail like anyone else - and so what
I'm about to write really is unbiased testimony.

In the past several programs, I've had more listener
interest about the Orchestre Andalou d'Israel (with 
Emil Zrihan, Jo Amar, and other singers) than anything
else I've played in years.  I've been loading the 
playlist with North African Jewish music lately, and
listeners keep calling for the Orchestre Andalou.

It's pretty darn good!  I particularly like the Karati
by Alain Chekroun, a very spare arrangement for voice
and oud that's stunningly beautiful.  Magda Music (the
record label) has done a great thing in making this
music available, and they've got some nice distribution.

Yankl

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