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Birds Requiem

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Dhafer Youssef -Whirling Birds Ceremony
39th Gulay (To Istanbul)
Dhafer Youssef- Blending Souls & Shades (to Shiraz)
1 Birds Canticum
2 Sweet Blasphemy
3 Blending Souls & Shades (to Shiraz)
4 Ascetic Mood
5 Fuga Hirundinum
6 Khira
7 39th Gulay (to Istanbul)
8 Archaic Feathers
9 Sevdah (to Jon Hassell)
10 Ascetic Journey
11 Whirling Birds Ceremony
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The oud-the 11-string, fretless, acoustic relative of the lute so central to the culture of the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean-is inextricably tied to tradition, more than 5,000 years of it. But in the hands of Dhafer Youssef,one of the most highly respected and influential virtuosi of the instrument in the world, the oud takes a giant leap into the future. For more than two decades, Youssef has paid his respects to the ancient legacy of the oud while integrating its melodious, robust and resonant-but simultaneously delicate tones-with modern sounds and sensibilities, transcending genre and defying the expected. On his new album Birds Requiem (OKeh Records) Youssef has created his most breathtakingly powerful work to date, a suite of 11 interconnected compositions that, he says, were "constructed as music for an imagined movie."

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SYND: Global Village
Markets include: Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Santa Barbera CA, Raleigh NC, Madison WI, Wichita KS, W. Hartford CT, Rochester NY, Canada
Online: Taintradio, MOJA, thebestofbrazil, Jazz Weekly, Guitar Player, worldbeat

  • Dhafer Youssef set for Tanweer Sacred Music Festival / Gulf Today
    Posted At: October 8, 2023 12:00 AM
    World-class artists to enthral audience in Sharjah. Dhafer Youssef will be one of the many globally renowned artists set to perform in the Tanweer Sacred Music Festival.Gulf Today writes…Prepare to witness a unique musical odyssey as the renowned Tunisian composer, vocalist, and oud master, Dhafer Youssef, graces the stage on Day-3 of the Tanweer Sacred Music Festival, nestled within the mesmerising embrace...
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  • Dhafer Youssef band makes their Healdsburg Jazz festival debut / Fairfield Daily Republic
    Posted At: June 7, 2019 12:00 AM

    Tunisian oud player/singer/improviser extraordinaire Dhafer Youssef makes his Healdsburg debut this Sunday June 9 with top jazz players Matt Brewer on bass, Marcus Gilmore (Roy Haynes' grandson, for those in the know) on drums, and Tigran Hamasyan on piano. Youssef has mesmerized international audiences for years with his magical multi-octave voice, string wizardry, and magnetic stage presence. ...
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  • Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem / New York Music Daily review
    Posted At: May 20, 2014 12:00 AM

    Tunisian oudist/singer/composer Dhafer Youssef conceived his latest album Birds Requiem as a soundtrack for an imaginary film, a narrative about the transmigration of souls. And it could be – his long, pensively shapeshifting themes have a brooding, cinematic quality. They're sort of a return to his roots: trained as a muezzin while still a child, he asserts himself vocally with a sometimes ecstati...
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  • Dhafer Youssef performs LIVE in studio on BBC Radio 3
    Posted At: April 24, 2014 12:00 AM

    Dhafer Youssef recently performed live in studio on BBC Radio 3's In Tune with Sean Rafferty. One of the most highly respected and influential virtuosi of the instrument in the world, the oud takes a giant leap into the future. For more than two decades, Youssef has paid his respects to the ancient legacy of the oud while integrating its melodious, robust and resonant-but simultaneously delicate tone...
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  • Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem / Guitar Player review
    Posted At: April 15, 2014 12:00 AM

    Listening to other instruments and less-familiar forms of music is a potent way to expand one's technique and musical comprehension as a guitarist, and this profoundly beautiful album, Birds Requiem, by the renowned Tunisian oud master presents a master class in both. Drawing upon ancient and contemporary timbres, tonalities, and traditions, Dhafer Youssef's music spans epochs as well as continents, resu...
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  • Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem / Jazz Weekly review
    Posted At: March 27, 2014 12:00 AM

    Mediterranean and Byzantine sounds float from this album produced by oud player Dhafer Youssef. He teams up and mixes and matches moods with clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Aytac Dogan's kanun (similar to a zither), Eivind Aarset/g, Nil Petter Molvaer/tp, Kristjan Randalu/p, Phil Donkin/b and Chander Sardjoe/dr. Gentle jazz tunes such as "Sevdah" are the exception rather than the rule here...
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  • Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem enters CMJ-World Top 40 this week@#12
    Posted At: January 22, 2014 12:00 AM

    The oud-the 11-string, fretless, acoustic relative of the lute so central to the culture of the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean-is inextricably tied to tradition, more than 5,000 years of it. But in the hands of Dhafer Youssef, one of the most highly respected and influential virtuosi of the instrument in the world, the oud takes a giant leap into the future. For more than two decades, Yo...
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