NAWA: Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs From Aleppo – review

Before the Syrian civil war, Jason Hammacher, an American punk drummer, was on a mission to collect its ancient liturgical music, starting with Orthodox and Jewish chant.

This volume is the first and probably the last recording of a revived Sufi lodge.

The eight unaccompanied voices chant the name of God, with one voice or other rising above the bass in improvised maqam in patterns impossibly ancient.

Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs From Aleppo

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