Track Listing
Taqsim Maqam Ajam - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 8:48
taqsim Maqam Mukhalif - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 4:32
taqsim Maqam Sika - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 7:42
taqsim Maqam Kurd - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 8:34
taqsim Maqam Bayyat-husayni - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 7:49
taqsim Maqam Hijaz - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 8:16
taqsim Maqam Lami - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 9:19
taqsim Maqam Sharqi Rast - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 10:49
taqsim Maqam Saba - Rahim Alhaj With Souhail Kaspar - 7:05
irene (goodnight Irene) - Lead Belly - 1:54
pick A Bale Of Cotton - Lead Belly - 1:32
good Morning Blues - Lead Belly - 2:26
the Grey Goose - Lead Belly - 1:26
black Girl (in The Pines) - Lead Belly - 2:09
take This Hammer - Lead Belly - 2:17
on A Monday - Lead Belly - 1:49
cotton Fields - Lead Belly - 2:09
bring Me A Little Water, Silvy - Lead Belly - 0:52
moaning - Lead Belly - 1:03
laura - Lead Belly - 1:44
duncan And Brady (brady) - Lead Belly - 4:09
rock Island Line - Lead Belly - 2:05
big Fat Woman - Lead Belly - 1:13
house Of The Rising Sun - Lead Belly - 1:55
chicken Crowing For Midnight (christmas Song) - Lead Belly - 1:06
you Can't Lose Me, Cholly - Lead Belly - 2:39
sally Walker - Lead Belly - 2:42
ha-ha This A Way - Lead Belly - 1:36
yellow Gal - Lead Belly - 1:19
green Corn - Lead Belly - 1:18
let It Shine On Me - Lead Belly - 3:31
meeting At The Building - Lead Belly - 1:02
in The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - Lead Belly - 3:32
pigmeat - Lead Belly - 2:35
blind Lemon - Lead Belly - 1:42
bottle Up And Go - Lead Belly - 1:55
sukey Jump (win'jammer) - Lead Belly - 1:07
old Riley (hey Rattler) - Lead Belly - 2:01
4, 5 And 9 - Lead Belly - 2:36
noted Rider (no Good Rider) - Lead Belly - 2:08
shorty George - Lead Belly - 1:31
duncan And Brady (brady) - Lead Belly - 1:08
leaving Blues - Lead Belly - 2:21
Artist:
Rahim Alhaj
Title:
When the Soul Is Settled: Music of Iraq
Label:
Smithsonian Folkways
Cat No:
SFWCD40533
Format:
CD
Price £11.99
As received from his teachers and transformed by his considerable musical gifts and life experience, Rahim Alhaj carries on a significant strand of Iraqi musical tradition toward future generations—in his own way, in his own time. Alhaj studied music in Baghdad with Munir Bashir and other great teacher-performers. His extended improvisations on the oud, accompanied on Near Eastern percussion by Souhail Kaspar, include uniquely Iraqi pieces. Together they represent a proud tradition's meeting with modernity. Extensive bilingual notes, 32-page booklet. 73 minutes.