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Written in fRoots issue 329/330, 2010
 

SHIRA U'TFILA
Life As A Song (double CD)
Music & Words MWCD 4063 (2010)

Serbia-based ensemble led by Stefan Sablic’s vocal and oud with qanun, violin, double bass and percussion, on their 7th album draw pre-WW1 material from 78s of Balkan Sephardic singers such as Haim Effendi, Isaac Angel and Victoria Hazan, absorbing and renewing it with skill and present-day spirit. Bonus CD has 14 of the original 1911-1942 Istanbul and New York recordings. www.musicwords.nl



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