Taking a stroll off the beaten path of the classics finds us listening to rarely heard music for the lute -- and its Arabic precursor, the oud. From a performance in the NPR studios, lutenist ...

Khamis El Fino, oud. Production notes: Recorded during a concert at Asia House, Dec. 1, 1963. same as Folkways 8761. Table of contents Selection no. 1 - Selection no. 2 - Selection no. 3 - Selection ...

In comparison with some forms of Sephardic culture, Ashkenazic Judaism can come out looking as bland as a gefilte fish that’s lost its horseradish. Not to belittle klezmer, Yiddish or, has v’halila, a ...

The oud is a lute-like, pear-shaped instrument that has molded and influenced much of Arab classical music. Ramy Adly is an internationally-known oud musician who has performed in the Middle East, ...