Music From The Body

This compilation of songs is not meant as a historic reflection of popular music of the “Arab world.” It is a very personal selection of songs we grew to like at Habibi Funk. It is music that historically never existed as a unified musical genre. We think it’s important to make this distinction and to have the listener understand that the majority of the music on this compilation does not come from the highly famous names of the musical spectrum of North Africa and the Middle East. Instead, the final body compiled for this record consists of some – at least for us – nichey pearls and often overlooked artists; resulting in a diverse range of styles from Egyptian organ funk, disco sounds from Morocco, an example of the lively reggae scene of Libya, political songs from Lebanon, soundtrack music from Alge- ria, a musical union between Kenya and Oman, and much more.

Bill Taylor - Musica: Welsh Medieval Harp Music from the Robert ap Huw Manuscript (2010) {Taith Records TRCD011}
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Classical / Medieval / Renaissance / Early Music / Historical Harp

In 1613 Robert ap Huw of Anglesey copied part of William Penllyn’s manuscript of harp tablature. This is the earliest surviving body of European harp music and contains Welsh bardic harp music from the 14th – 16th centuries. A combination of scholarship and imagination has enabled the reconstruction and interpretation of this unique music, played on historical harps.

During the past decade or so, interest in Baroque music composed and/or performed in South American cities–particularly the cathedrals–has inspired a number of recordings. This one focuses on European-style 18th-century vocal and instrumental music from the Jesuit "Reducciones", or "settlements" in Bolivia. Not only was there a regular flow of music and musicians (and musical instruments) to South America from Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, but over time native-born composers trained in church-run schools began contribute their own works to what became an enormous body of instrumental and vocal repertoire.