Mor Karbasi - Saat Arahman (CD)

Release Date: 11/03/23

Mor Karbasi is a leading singer in the Sephardic traditionand presents her 5th album with the participation of some of the finest musicians today!

Mor Karbasi is a leading singer in the Sephardic tradition, the ancient lost culture of the Jewish communities of the golden age of Al-Andalus in 10th century southern Spain.
She sings in Ladino, a beautiful language that has almost died out, as well as Hebrew, Spanish, Berber and Moroccan Arabic. The songs explore her Sephardic and Moroccan identity and pay tribute to her mother's influence, with Mor providing musical settings for Shoshana's words on two songs.
This album, 5th album by Mor Karbasi, introduces a rainbow of Karbasi's identities and the remarkable story of her family. From Hebrew songs composed, arranged, sung and sometimes written by Mor herself to Ladino Sephardic songs and Berber songs from the Atlas mountains, with the participation of some of the finest musicians today!
(Avishai Cohen-trumpet, Yossi Fine-Bass and Electric guitar on 'Atay', Moshe Elmakias -piano, Itamar Doari-Percussion on 'Porque (Because), Joe Taylor and many more... And... there is even a Yemenite song in the album!
Original compositions in Hebrew by Mor herself, sometimes also played and arranged by her with personal lyrics and stories. a point of view never yet heard on Mor's records, and last but not least, a Berber song from the Atlas mountains about the happy and significant ceremony of making tea!