|
|
Article: La Juderia.(MIXED MEDIA)(Sound Recording Review)
- Article from:
- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 New Internationalist Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
La Juderia
by Yasmin Levy
(Connecting Cultures CC 50024 CD)
If Jewish diasporic music now has a strong international presence--think of the late Ofra Haza's Yemenite pop or the international klezmer bands--there's one significant form that's so far remained in the shadows. No longer. Ladino music, a sound that originated in the cultural crosscurrents of medieval Spain, is getting its long overdue break with virtuoso singer Yasmin Levy.
La Juderia, the second album from the Jerusalem-based Levy, offers a sonic world that's familiar. There's the mix of flamenco rhythms and trills from Levy's band--she favours a traditional ...