Israeli & Middle eastern Music
 

I am familiar with mostly older Israeli music. I also heard alot of arabic musiwhen I lived in Israel, but am not familiar with the artistes
So if anyone is familiar either with Arabic music artistes or contemporary Israeli acts, please post here!

To kick off, someone who must have been one of Israels biggest stars, the late OFRA HAZA

I like Arabic music, this is an awesome remix of Amr Diab's Habibi:

i'm only really familiar with Algerian "rai" music

this is one of my faves:-

Habibi-Amr Diab

Not sure what he's singing about, but habibi is beloved, i beleive. Nice tune. Love the instrumentation & vocals. mellow

From back in the sixties





this is the type of arabic music I recall from way back

I heard some Aviv Geffen, plus a fair bit of Israeli music on the radio but couldn't understand who it was.

^ Two great songs there,Moshe. Anyone who hasn`t clicked on the Amr Diab link (like me until 5 mins ago) is missing out.

My favourite cd of Arabic music is by the Egyptian percussionist, Hossam Ramzy, who has done a lot to popularize traditional Egyptian music with a string of top quality albums, mainly recorded in the `90`s, I think. Here`s a sample of what he can do with the tired old genre of Bellydance :-

Great track, Linsaholic. I will need to check out more of his music

I love Arabic music, that and Israeli music is a big part of my upbringing, from my mothers side.



YouTube - ‪Ishtar Alabina: Habibi (Sawah)‬‏


YouTube - ‪Ishtar Alabina: Habibi ya nour el ain‬‏

YouTube - ‪LelaSahara's Channel‬‏

Also, Boaz Mauda is a good Israeli singer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxE2...eature=related