Re: The Irish-Jewish musical connection

[Jewish Music Distribution <jmduk...>]

Talking about Bustan, and Irish , as far as I know, the recording Abadai
includes with Bustan Abraham aslo an Irish violinist Ross Daly who now lives
in Greece (?)
The CD is available from us at JMD in the UK - visit our website on
www.jewishmusic-jmd.co.uk and entre in the search window Abadai, press on
the link and you will have the information.

Yours
Noa
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Blumenthal" <xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:43 PM
Subject: The Irish-Jewish musical connection


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> In digest 2684 there was discussion by Carl Nelkin and others of
> connections between Irish and Jewish music.  5 or 10 years ago I heard a
> group named "Bustan Avraham" perform on tour.  It was made up of
> Palestinian and Israeli musicians playing together, "bustan" apparently a
> word for garden shared by Hebrew and Arabic.  The percussionist included
in
> his battery a large, shallow drum described in the program notes as an
> "Irish frame drum."
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> Fred Blumenthal
> xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com
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