Moshe

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

Scarlett O'Hara

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

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Howard the Duck

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

this is one of my faves:-

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Moshe

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

Batty

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

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Earworms Rool.

Moshe

Lisnaholic

^ 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 :-

Moshe

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

Zyrenah

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

Zyrenah

Also, Boaz Mauda is a good Israeli singer.

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