Shira U'tfila – Sephardic Songs From The Balkans

Label: Orange World – OWCD011

Format: CD, Album
Land: Poland 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Stil: Sephardic

Trackliste

1 Bayla, Bayla
2 Ir Me Kero Madre
3 Yaala, Yaala Boi Le Gani
4 Donde Tiyenes Ojos?
5 Mi Kamoha
6 Oud Taqsim
7 En Tiyera Ayena Soy Aki
8 Ya Basha La Novya
9 Anda Mi Amigo
10 Poko Le Dash Lami Konsuegra
11 Durme, Durme Mi Linda Donzeya
12 Te Kero Biyen, Paloma
13 S'akeya La Parida
14 Taqsim Qanun
15 Entre Las Guertas

Mitwirkende

 Violin – Filip Krumes

Anmerkungen

Founded by a vocalist and oud player – Stefan Sablic, the group Shira U’Tfila (song and
prayer) takes its inspiration from the variety and richness of Ottoman-Turkish, Spanish,
Arabic and Balkan musical traditions. This multicultural band which consists of, apart from
Sablic, Indian tabla and percussion master – Akash Bhatt, German violinist - Filip Krumes,
Serbian double bass player Srdian Djordievic, as well as many other musicians appearing
occasionally, specialises in performing Sephardic music revealing its diversity and beauty.
Since its foundation, the group has been involved in many projects connected with liturgical
music and paraliturgical forms. Yet they have decided to focus on Sephardic musical tradition
of the Balkans in this way trying to save it from oblivion.
The newest band’s album contains songs in Ladino, Hebrew and even one in those two
languages alternately with Turkish and Serbian. One can find here wedding, religious, and
love songs as well as one lullaby.

The CD has a great package – 4 panels digipack, printed on ecological cardboard with a cut
windows on the front cover + 32 pages booklet with information in English and Polish about
the tracks, artists, Sephardic music and culture (written by renowned Polish journalist and
Jewish culture expert - Dorota Szwarcman). All those elements makes this release unusual –
from artistic, educational and publishing point of view.

Musicians:
Stefan Sablic – oud, vocal
Srdian Diordievic – double bass
Diordie Stijepovic – double bass
Akash Bhatt – darbuka, frame drums, percussion
Filip Krumes – violin
Zorz Grujic – kaval
Elad Gabbay – qanun
Aleksandar Karlic – riq
Drita Tutunovic – vocal
Ichak Papo – percussion
Dejan Zaric – percussion
Ivana Jelisavcic – vocal
Dozidar Obradinovic – darbuka
Isak Asiel – vocal