Brothers of the Baladi ~ Presence of the Past ~ CD

The Portland-based Brothers of the Baladi celebrate 30 years of music making with this release that includes songs and instrumentals from the Arabic, Turkish, and Armenian traditions, plus a few originals in the same vein. Traditional instrumentation includes ouds, baglama saz, qanun, violin, ney, clarinet, and an array of percussion instruments, which play comfortably side by side with the more contemporary/fusiony elements of bass guitar, keyboards, drums....