Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan, from Pakistan.

Tom wrote:Selda from Turkey is f'ing amazing. One of her records was just reissued and is top drawer.

Like you say, definitely not 'traditional', but very, very good. It's out on LP!

Vas is a group worth listening to.

the Saz is an instrument worth looking into.

D'Piucchstre wrote:Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan, from Pakistan.

Hell yeah. Suprised that wasn't the very first recommendation in the thread.


A while back, someone posted in the EA Sendspace thread an album of Azerbaijani lute(?) music by a guy named Bahram Mansurov. The title of the album is Modal Music and Improvisation Vol. 9 and I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nass_El_Ghiwane

I'm on a little break from Libya at the mo, but i honestly don't know about any musicians big enough to be mentioned on the net.
But Nass AL Ghywaan (phonetically) are tits.

Ty Webb wrote:A while back, someone posted in the EA Sendspace thread an album of Azerbaijani lute(?) music by a guy named Bahram Mansurov. The title of the album is Modal Music and Improvisation Vol. 9 and I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

That would have been me. Glad you dug it! Since there's been interest, here's Bahram Mansurov:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/v0ac83

...and the LMadjd:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rdps95

The others I listed are apparently available from Amazon quite easily, while these are OOP.