 | Putumayo Presents: Israel by Various Artists
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.99 A good compilation of contemporary Israeli pop from world beat label Putumayo. Good place to start.
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 | The Rough Guide to the Music of Israel CD (Rough Guide World Music CDs) by Rough Guides
Buy used from: $5.99 Another compilation of Israeli music, featuring selections from many of the artists on this list.
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 | The Idan Raichel Project by Idan Raichel
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.39 The biggest thing to come out of Israel in recent years, this multi-cultural venture fuses Hebrew electronica with Ethiopian song. Great stuff!
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 | Bridges of Song-Music of the Spanish Jews of Morocco
Buy new: $15.99 Part of a teratology exploring the Sephardic diaspora, this album focuses on the Jewish music of Morocco. Others are dedicated to Turkey, Greece, the Balkans and Israel.
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 | Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs by Ofra Haza
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.99 An album of Jewish Yemeni pop favorites from the late Israeli diva Ofra Haza. An essential for any fans of Middle Eastern music.
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 | The Well by The Klezmatics & Chava Albertstein
Buy used from: $3.79 More Israeli pop, from Yiddish singer Chava Albertstein. This time backed by American Klezmer band the Klezmatics.
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 | Fresh Off Boat by Golem
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.20 Debut album from a band who combines Klezmer and Jewish folklore with punk rock. Very true to their Balkan roots.
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 | Balkan Beat Box by Balkan Beat Box
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.87 If you liked Golem and Gogol Bordello, you'll love this band! It's a wild fusion of rock, hip hop, electronica and Balkan folk!
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 | La Juderia: Ladino Meets Flamenco by Yasmin Levy
Buy used from: $21.99 Yasmin Levy is essential listening for fans of Sephardic music. On this album, she combines Ladino music with Flamenco. All the grandeur of al-Andalus!
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 | Ashkelon by Emil Zrihan
A Sephardic Cantor from Morocco, now living in Israel, Emil Zrihan is fluent in the conventions of classical Arabic music.
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 | Descarga Oriental: The New York Sessions by Maurice el Medioni
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $14.09 Another Maghrebi, pianist Maurice el Medioni combines his 'Oriental jazz' with Latin influences on this outing.
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 | Jewish-Arab Song Treasures by Reinette L'oranaise
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.99 A collection of classic hits from Reinette l'Oranaise, another big name in Algerian pop music.
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 | Asmar by Yair Dalal
Buy used from: $54.45 On this CD, Iraqi-born oudist and violin-maestro Yair Dalal collaborates with a number of Iraqi and Persian musicians. Great collection for fans of Middle Eastern music.
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 | Yahudice
Buy used from: $90.90 This is THE essential recording for those wanting to hear the musical heritage of Istanbul's Jewish minority. Very true to Sephardic roots.
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 | Diaspora by Natacha Atlas
Buy used from: $6.94 Arabic songstress Natacha Atlas is of Jewish descent, though her influences range across the Middle East and beyond. You have to include her!
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 | La Mar Enfortuna by Oren Bloedow
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.98 Debut album from another ensemble performing Sephardic music. Jennifer Charles has a lovely voice and sings Ladino beautifully.
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 | Sing For Joy: Abayudaya Jews ~ Uganda by Rabbi Gershom Sizomu
Buy new: $15.00 Huge success on the world music scene, this album showcases the little known music of Uganda's Jewish minority.
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 | Their Star Shall Never Fade by Daoud & Saleh Al-Kuwaity
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $13.79 Daoud and Saleh al-Kuwaity are a pair of brothers, now living in Israel, who preserve the tjavascript:swapProductDisplay(17,18)
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 | Hallel: Sephardic Songs by Naguila Ensemble
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $19.99 Naguila performs the traditional Sephardic music of Morocco. Also available in a two CD set which includes more Moroccan folk music from roots group B'net Marrakech.
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 | The Desert Speaks by Yosefa
Buy used from: $2.25 Another album of Israeli pop music, with strong Arabic influences.
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 | Both Sides of the Sea by Noa
Buy used from: $4.85 More Israeli pop music.
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 | Sephardic Songs: Romances Sefardies - Noches by Francoise Atlan
Buy used from: $29.39 Another great collection of modern Ladino folk music.
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 | Music of the Bukharan Jewish Ensemble Shashmaqam by Bukharan Jewish Ensemble N.Y.
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.34 The Maqam (Arabic/Turkish modal tradition),
as interpreted by the Jews of Central Asia.
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 | Onethreeseven by Zohar
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $2.80 Your first stop for Hebrew-tinged electronica/lounge music.
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