Neve Midbar (Oasis) - The Songs of Jewish-Yemenite Women and Israeli Songs

Track Listings
1. NEVE MIDBAR (Oasis) (Music: Rafi Kadishson)    
2. NADAM KOL OF (Birds are silent) (Music: Sara Levi-Tanai)    
3. SALAM VIALBINT (Hallo girl) / Chugariya    
4. WATIUR (The birds) (Music: Shama Avraham)    
5. YEFE NOF (Beautiful heights) (Music: Yinon Neeman)    
6. RAMA RINAT HATsIPOR (Song of the bird) (Music: Sara Levi-Tanai)    
7. ANA FIDA LUMI (Love of mother) (Music: Shama Avraham)    
8. FI SAILA (Two girls in the wadi) / Central and south Yemenite    
9. YA ShIJARA (Pistachio tree) / Central and south Yemenite    
10. RAAD AT (Soft tremble)    
11. URA NEVEL (Awake the harp) (Music: Yedidya Admon)    
12. SAMUNI NOTERA (Keeper of the Vineyards) (Music: Reuven Yaron)    
13. MIN KhATRAT ALLYALI (Don’t walk at night) (Music: Shama Avraham)    
14. KAD ZAWAJUNI (They married me) / Central Yemenite    
15. NAARI BAROIM (My boy the shepherd) (Music: Gil Aldema)    
16. WALHAShMI (The Hashemites) / Aden    
17. BISMILA ARAChMAN (Merciful God) / Yemenite    
18. LAYLA BIKhNAAN (A night in Canaan) (Music: Nissan Cohen-Melamed)    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
In this CD, Lea Avraham performs traditional songs which she learned from her mother, as well as Israeli songs that shaped her artistic and creative development. Avraham’s rendition of the Yeminite songs in this selection is true to the original version of the songs, which are accompanied solely by percussion instruments. Rafi Kadishson arranged the selection of Israeli songs.

Neve Midbar (Oasis) - The Songs of Jewish-Yemenite Women and Israeli Songs, Music, Sara Levi-Tanai etc., singer Lea Avraham
Neve Midbar (Oasis) - The Songs of Jewish-Yemenite Women and Israeli Songs
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Don't Walk at Night
 Neve Midbar (Oasis) - The Songs of Jewish-Yemenite Women and Israeli Songs

Manufacturer: Beth Hatefutsoth
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000D1707
Release Date: 1995-10-15

Tracks:

  1. NEVE MIDBAR (Oasis) (Music: Rafi Kadishson)
  2. NADAM KOL OF (Birds are silent) (Music: Sara Levi-Tanai)
  3. SALAM VIALBINT (Hallo girl) / Chugariya
  4. WATIUR (The birds) (Music: Shama Avraham)
  5. YEFE NOF (Beautiful heights) (Music: Yinon Neeman)
  6. RAMA RINAT HATsIPOR (Song of the bird) (Music: Sara Levi-Tanai)
  7. ANA FIDA LUMI (Love of mother) (Music: Shama Avraham)
  8. FI SAILA (Two girls in the wadi) / Central and south Yemenite
  9. YA ShIJARA (Pistachio tree) / Central and south Yemenite
  10. RAAD AT (Soft tremble)
  11. URA NEVEL (Awake the harp) (Music: Yedidya Admon)
  12. SAMUNI NOTERA (Keeper of the Vineyards) (Music: Reuven Yaron)
  13. MIN KhATRAT ALLYALI (Dont walk at night) (Music: Shama Avraham)
  14. KAD ZAWAJUNI (They married me) / Central Yemenite
  15. NAARI BAROIM (My boy the shepherd) (Music: Gil Aldema)
  16. WALHAShMI (The Hashemites) / Aden
  17. BISMILA ARAChMAN (Merciful God) / Yemenite
  18. LAYLA BIKhNAAN (A night in Canaan) (Music: Nissan Cohen-Melamed)

Album Description

In this CD, Lea Avraham performs traditional songs which she learned from her mother, as well as Israeli songs that shaped her artistic and creative development. Avraham's rendition of the Yeminite songs in this selection is true to the original version of the songs, which are accompanied solely by percussion instruments. Rafi Kadishson arranged the selection of Israeli songs.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Don't Walk at Night.......2006-06-02

This a stunning cd rich in cultural music giving tribute to the harmonic styles of two very different Middle Eastern countries, Yemen and Israel. The beautiful and often haunting voice belongs to Israeli singer Lea Avraham, and she sings in both Arabic and Hebrew to bring these powerful songs to lasting life. Unlike many other Yemenite Jewish musicians/singers, when she sings in Hebrew she does not use the Yemenite dialect, but sings specifically Israeli folk songs rather than Yemenite Hebrew Folksongs, while her Yemeni folk songs are in the Yemeni dialect of Arabic and quite popular through the region. But unlike the Yemeni musicians out there, this lady seems to be classically trained and enriches the Yemeni Arabic folk songs with her classically angellic yet sullen voice. For the Yemenite songs Arab/Yemenite instrumentation is used, while the Israeli folk-songs are accompanied by classical euro-centric composition. This cd is a beautiful expression of not only Yemeni identity in Israel and Jewish identity in the Arab World, but the overall harmony that could exist between Arab and Jew. (her Arabic is flawless) My favorite and by far most danceable song on this cd is Ya Shijara, (oh tree).
Oasis: Jewish Yemenite Women's Songs & Israeli
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    		Oasis: Jewish Yemenite Women's Songs & Israeli
    Neve Midbar
    Manufacturer: Israel Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Jewish & Yiddish MusicJewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music
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    IsraelIsrael | Middle East | International | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0000019YT
    Release Date: 1996-10-31

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