Cairo to Casablanca

Cairo to Casablanca Artist: Various Artists
Label: Putumayo World Music
Category: Music


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Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 790248014326
EAN: 0790248014326
ASIN: B000009Q7D


Release Date: 1998-08-25

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Tracks:

  1. Ya Rayah - Rachid Taha
  2. Mabrouk Wo Arisna - Ali Hassan Kuban
  3. Ki Kounti - Khaled
  4. Dikra - Raina Rai
  5. Nahawand - Sharkiat
  6. Zwit Rwit - Idir
  7. Ya Maalem - Maurice El Mediouni
  8. Leali - Rasha
  9. Through The Veil - Jamshied Sharifi, Hassan Hakmoun
  10. Madanitche - Kadda Cherif Hadria

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  1. A Mediterranean Odyssey: Athens To Andalucia
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  3. Putumayo Presents: Sahara Lounge
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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Sleeping on the caravan.......2006-06-14

This is Putumayo's first "Odyssey" album,surprisingly,it is still in print(!) It explores the acoustic side of Middle Eastern music.Unfortunately,it's quite repetitive."Ya Malaam"&"Zwit Rit" go on.And on.

Khaled,as usual,is great in "Ki Kounti." Rasha's "Leila" is not THAT bad;it's hypnotic instead of boring."Nahawand"&"Through the Veil" are North African jazz.Like some smooth jazz, this album falls into the trap of being repetitive.

"Cairo to Casablanca" ended up being an album I eventually took to a used CD store.Perhaps someone else will enjoy it.I didn't.

5 out of 5 stars Mediterranean Music rules my life........2006-06-04

Another good CD. This is a blend of Middle East and North African music. If you like the Mediterranean groove buy this CD, also check out Afro Latino by Putumayo series, they are all very good. Actually these recordings were the ones who got me interested in moving to Morocco. Get yourself a seductive Mediterranean girl and dance to the beat. Buy it you will remember me.

3 out of 5 stars Good except for AWFUL "Rasha".......2006-03-16

The first seven selections on this CD are quite enjoyable and atmospheric. Makes me sort of want to get up and belly dance. Then we get to the eighth cut and it is excruciating. This is by an Algerian artist named "Rasha" who performs her composition "Leali." This is just meandering up and down the scale. All I could think of was Arnold Schoenberg Goes Arabic. It is nerve-wracking. I have managed to sit through that one twice, but I will never do so again by choice. This is so awful that it ruins the whole CD. The remaining three selections are probably not bad, but listening to Rasha just puts me in such a bad mood that it's difficult to listen to the rest of the CD. After Rasha, I'm just ready for this CD to be over. If I were technical minded enough to figure out how to program my player to skip Rasha I might like this CD. But as it stands now, I don't think I'll be listening to this one again within the next few years.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent North African anthology.......2005-03-26

Putumayo has 3 excellent Mahgreb region/North African music anthologies, "Cairo to Casablanca", "Arabic Groove," and "Sahara Lounge." Although these feature Arabic societies, the music is not really Arabic, but rather reflects the eclectic mix of people, cultures and history of North Africa (languages from French to Berber come up in these three CDs). For instance listening to El Mediouni's "Ya Maallem, I'm struck by the similarity in rhythm, harmony, and melody to music of other Mediterranean cultures (and what a beautiful trumpet solo on this piece, obviously the piston trumpet not originally a product of North Africa!). Putumayo anthologies are thoughtfully constructed, the artists are all stars from their respective countries, and the songs are ordered to listen to from start to finish (like LP records used to be). World music fans, by definition, like variety, and "Cairo to Casablanca" is different. The haunting sound of North Africa melodies (I think the distinctive sound comes from harmonic minor scales based on the 5th note of the scale instead of the root)is at once exotic and soothing. Fix yourself and some friends up with a hookah, Moroccan mint tea, a couscous-tagine dinner, add this CD and say: "ssalamu'lekum!" (Peace be with you). lla yhennik !

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Compilation.......2004-02-08

I was looking for a compliation of this exact geographic area and this CD hits the spot. Excellent combination - well done!

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