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Sample Track 1:
"Sebero" from Issa Bagayogo's "Mali Koura"

Sample Track 2:
"Tcheni Tchemakan" from Issa Bagayogo's "Mali Koura"

Sample Track 3:
"Egypt" from "Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Vasen"

Sample Track 4:
"Skridskolaten" from "Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Vasen"

Sample Track 5:
"Handa Wanda" from The Wild Magnolias' "They Call Us Wild"

Sample Track 6:
"Oh! When the Saints" from The Wild Magnolias' "They Call Us Wild"

Sample Track 7:
"Ole Aman" from Omar Faruk Tekbilek's "Tree of Patience"

Sample Track 8:
"Karam" from Omar Faruk Tekbilek's "Tree of Patience"

Sample Track 9:
"Sher Evreiskii Nardnii Tanets" from Gadji Gadjo's "Sur le toit des Voisins"

Sample Track 10:
"La Temête Des Corneilles" from Gadji Gadjo's "Sur le toit des Voisins"

Concert Preview: The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble

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The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble

Date/Time:Thu., August 13, 8:00pm

Price: free

The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble

By John Payne

Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a virtuoso interpreter of vast-ranging Middle Eastern traditional musics who sees it as his duty to draw conscious connections between artistic expression and spirituality. It's a calling that has found him renowned worldwide as a cultural ambassador of sorts, who uses the power and essential empathy of his music to build bridges between often quite disparate audiences. A scholarly authority on the deeply intertwined musical histories that span the Mediterranean and North African regions, Tekbilek pushes his ensemble in elaborately constructed compositions that explode with fiery technique on a fascinating variety of instruments, emanating even to the uninitiated a joyful and moving humanity. This show is free, but there's limited seating available, and it's on a first-come, first-served basis; no street parking permitted, but there's lots of on-site parking: a mere $5 per car (cash only).

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