Track Listing

1. Dulger
2. Gardener
3. Laundry Girl
4. Dark Eyes
5. Shinanay
6. Don't Cry My Love
7. Alif
8. Dadash
9. Take A Flight
10. Ya Bouy
11. Lachin
12. Forbidden Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121305 in Music
• Released on: 2002-09-03
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
Music has been called the international language, and for good reason. Even when disparate genres or styles seem to have no relation, we can still make connections between them. On Alif: Love Supreme, multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek, producer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Shehan, and an international cast of musicians--including a Spanish guitarist and singers from Persia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Israel--present traditional and contemporary renditions of songs from the Mediterranean. Whether they are performing a medley of Sufi songs from Turkey, a love song from Azerbaijan, or a modern version of a popular Israeli song, the compositions' cross-cultural roots are apparent. Much of this music covers familiar ground, but there are some intriguing tracks. The chosen selections on Alif are ultimately a mixed bag, but at least this collective is striving to create its own universal language. --Bryan Reesman