"Shaatnez" - Ruth Yakoov Ensemble

• artist:
  Ruth Yakoov Ensemble
• country:
  Israel
• region:
  Balkan
• release year:
  1998
• style(s): Jewish Sephardic
• formats:
  • audio file
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Piranha Musik
• label:
  Piranha Musik
• publisher:
  Piranha Musik
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The Israeli singer Ruth Yaakov and her international ensemble have dedicated themselves to the music of the Sephardic Jews who made their home on the Iberian peninsula before, together with the last of the Moors, being banished into exile by the Catholic conquerors during the Middle Ages. The majority later settled in Thessaloniki and Istanbul. The Sephardic music culture, which has affinities with the Islamic tradition, is an assimilation of the former Moorish influences with elements from the new domiciles in Greece and Turkey.

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