The latest Brothers release celebrating their 30 years as a band. Arabic, Turkish, Armenian & Original Classics.

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Many different traditional and nontraditional drum pieces / solos + a few wonderful melodic [oud, vocal, midjwiz] surprises. In 1991 Michael Beach released his Basic Middle-Eastern Rhythms instructional series that incorporated drum kit with tradtional Middle-Eastern drums and rhythms. A true innovator with his Baladi Backbeat, Hands and Sticks, Beach again successfully marries the Western drum kit with Middle-Eastern drums in Hands of a Thousand Dances. His tradtional drum pieces will not only ignite and delight many Belly Dancers but will also further Michael's cause: "That people around the world need to hear his much loved Middle-Eastern music because if they heard it they would like it."

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Many inspired Middle-Eastern pieces. Joining the Brothers are renown performers John Bilezikjian, Sulieman "El Coyote" Feldthouse, and Stephen Skaggs, along with Michael Beach, J. Micheal Kearsey, Geoff George, Dennis Elmer, Brad Rapp, and Bruce Robertson.

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An instrumental collection of 15 Christmas songs performed on traditional acoustic Middle Eastern instruments (kanoon, ney, oud, bouzouk, zurna, darbuka/tabla, zarb, riq, def & davul) in the true spirit of the Holidays.

CD: Deck the Halls, We Three Kings, Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Coventry Carol, Oh Tannenbaum, Good King Wenceslas, Little Drimmer Boy, Joy to the World, Angels We Have Heard on High, Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Away in a Manger, The First Noel

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CD - 15 songs reflecting the Brothers of the Baladi's current turn to electric and eclectic World Music, crossing many borders:. There is a dash of Latin, Reggae, Blues and Afropop, mixed with Middle-Eastern styles along with updated and rocked-out versions of folk songs from Turkey, Lebanon, Persia and Yorkshire!  Includes the band's arrangements of the Yardbird's "Over Under Sideways Down"  Sounds of mizmars, kanoon, accordions and violins mesh with rock, funk and ska rhythms on this CD:  
Heart of the Beast / Flower of Stone [Gole Sangiem] / Over Under Sideways Down / Love My Love / Cut Diamonds / Separation / Marie Don't Love Me / Bir Demet Yasemen / Haunted House / Gamil Gamel / Where Does the Wiseman Go?/Country Boy / Pushin Shoes / Tiren Gelir / Olmaz Olmaz

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CD and CASSETTE - Produced by Michael Shrieve of Santana fame, this World Beat CD updates traditional songs and features the Rolling Stones "Paint It Black" as heard on NPR:  
Mastoom Mastoom / Ah Ya Zane / Oud Taxim / Lamma Bada / Voyage / Bouzouki Taxim / Paint it Black / Backbeat / Gole Sangiem / Dere Dere / Twa Corbies

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CD and CASSETTE - Our biggest belly dance seller. A twenty-one minute Arabic routine, four Turkish pieces, two drum solos and a hot 6 min. tribal/mizmar/drum experience. Features kanoun, nai, violin, oud, clarinet, kemenche  and a barrage of folkloric mizmars & drums. :  
Ma Zamir / Cheftetelli / Darbuka solo / Al Ann / Ya Shaqli Kooly Jamil / Olmaz Olmaz / Bir Demet Yasameen / 10-8 Drum Solo / Shishele / Shimdi / Jewnoon al Mizmar

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CD & Cassette - Popular Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Armenian & Isreali songs sung in their native tongues, with saz, oud, clarinet, zurna and tons of drums:   Tin Tin / Kerkyreikos / Kabul Blues / Global Influence / Hava Nagila / Shuty ya Dini / Kalamatianos / Hay Hay / /Rampi Rampi. 

CD & Cassette - Two Bellydance routines [10 & 20 min.] with Egyptian, Armenian and Persian songs:  
El Henna / Bolero a Trois / Sultry Psaltery / Saz del Sol / Drumsadi / Bafta Hindi / Karoun Karoun / Nai de Nuit/Banafsheh / Fesstani / Sepastia Bar / Tamzara

CD & Cassette - Two Bellydance routines [11 & 20 min.] with lots of saz, oud, nai, mizmar and drums:  
Raksat Assabaya / Psaltery Solo / Ah Ya Zane / Nai Taxim / Drum Solo / Ah Ya Malben / Azi Zam / Dueling Drums / Hassan / Al Mya / Raks Baladi

DVD - Bandleader/Drummer Michael Beach with guest Ishmael on kanoun, explains and demonstrates riq, def, davul and all styles of drums, basic ethnomusicology, how to choose a drum and basic rhythms on doumbek [with music notation charts]. He also includes drumset techniques for World Music applications. Fantastic for Beginners ! The first instructional video on the market in 1992 !

Suite for the Columbia Gorge is a soundtrack commissioned by the Friends of the Columbia Gorge, to spread the word about the delicate nature of this scenic area on the Oregon/Washington border. The music ranges from folk to classical to jazz and follows the chronological life of the Gorge. J. Michael Kearsey, bassist for the Brothers of the Baladi, composed the music, played guitars, keyboards, bass and percussion. CD and cassette.

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Silverthaw is a collection of instrumental compositions by J. Michael Kearsey. Titled after the phenomenon of fog freezing on the tall trees of Oregon, the music is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. There are interesting stylistic departures like "The Eyes of Kabul" that reflect his interest in Afghani music, and  " Listen to the River", a meditative song that received widespread airplay on formats like the Breeze, the Wave and Celestial Starstreams. CD and cassette.

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