Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian
cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's
immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal
costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music
was spun out of black-market tapes of the Birthday Party
and Einstürzande Neubauten in his native Ukraine. After
being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the
Chernobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical,
outsider qualities of gypsy music. Living as a refugee in
Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Italy before moving to the
United States in 1993, he experienced life as an outsider
himself.
Lyrics to heaps of Gogol Bordello's most famous songs.
The explosive growth of world music as a genre and the increased availability of international pop
music via the internet have greatly affected Raks Sharki performances in the U.S. Raks Sharki
dancers increasingly use pop music from around the world, including everything from Egyptian
Shabbi to Indian Bhangra, and Algerian Rai to Turkish techno. Some of this pop music
incorporates traditional rhythms; some does not.
The dancer's understanding and interpretation of the music has always been a crucial element of
Raks Sharki performance. Rhythmic structures has always been crucial to Middle Eastern music.
The very movements of Raks Sharki are tied to rhythms. It is certainly possible to perform Raks
Sharki beautifully to western rhythms in fusion dance, but Raks Sharki conforms most naturally to
traditional middle eastern rhythms.
Plenty of examples of Drum rhythms like Baladi, Sai'idi and Maqsum.
Parham Nassehpoor, Persian Tar, Kamanche, Persian Classical Music
Persian Tar is the Tar that is mainly played in Iran for Persian Classical Music. Persian Tar belongs to the Cordophones category of instruments, and in more details to Plucked-Stringed Instruments or it can be said Persian Tar is a Persian Long Necked Lute.
This site has heaps of Persian Music resources including famous Tar players, sound samples and Tar tunings.
Every period in a country's history has its own popular music. It was no less true of America 250 years ago than it is today.
A wide variety of music was available to 18th century America — from printed music to the latest dances, military marches, fiddle tunes, and songs from the musical stage.
Rhythms for middle eastern dance for dumbek, dumbec, doumbec, doumbek, Arabic tabla, darabuka, tombak, zarb and more.Includes Jas's MIDI Rhythm Generator for making your own Middle-Eastern drum patterns.
Excellent guide to the various old-world Croatian wind instruments such as Sopile, Shurle and Dude. There's photos, MP3 sound clips and discography for the various instruments.
Sarod player Ken Zuckerman's website on classical Indian music.Lots of information and recordings to help out anyone interested in Indian traditional music.
Contemplations from the Marianas Trench - Folk Music of Britain, Ireland & America. Includes Child Ballads, tunes of Turlough O'Carolan, Songs of the Sea, Popular American historical songs and more.
A clunky interface, but there are 100's of traditional tunes here which you can download in GIF, PDF and MIDI format among others. The archive covers traditions including Irish/Celtic, Swedish, Balkan and many others.
