Friends of Bamboute - 20th Anniversary Edition
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El Tambura
Friends of Bamboute - 20th Anniversary Edition
[ 30IPS / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 18 May 2009
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Acclaimed veteran Egyptian musicians El Tanbura celebrate their 20th anniversary with songs from old-time cafes and hashish dens along the path of the Suez Canal.
El Tanbura is a collective of veteran Egyptian master musicians, singers, fishermen and Sufi philosophers. Custodians to some of Egypt's oldest folk melodies at their home in Port Said (the Mediterranean gateway to the Suez Canal), the band's music is driven by the seductive call of the Simsimiyya - an ancient lyre dating back to the times of the Pharaohs, which according to legend, is said to enchant those who hear her strings.
'Friends of Bamboute' is the long-awaited follow up to 2006's 'Between the Desert and the Sea'. Recorded in Cairo and Port Said, the disc recounts both tales of the 19th century Bambutiyya merchants who frequented the old-time cafes and hashish dens along the path of Suez Canal, and devotional Sufi songs from the Egyptian delta.
Tracks:
1. Ghosen el Habib
2. Friends of Bamboute
3. Noh el Hamam
4. Khaly Anka al Yhom
5. Ayh el Amal Ya Ahmed
6. Lally
7. Heela Hella
8. Afra
9. Badr Arid
10. El Madad
