WILT_2023-16

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 16 Apr 2023 to 22 Apr 2023.

1. Ashufak Shay (feat. Rashid Al Najjar) – Dudu Tassa, Jonny Greenwood, Rashid Al Najjar
2. Desert Swing – Karim Ziad, Majid Bekkas, Manuel Hermia, Michael Hornek, Mustafa Antari
3. Ala Rahtik – Clarissa Bitar
4. Crazy Oud – Rock Records
5. Ya 3en La Tebkin – Ghinwa
6. Lagon JUGAG Slendro Manyura (Tumrap Salebeting Jejeran Ratu) – KHP Kridhamardawa Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
7. Carledon Loch – Freya Jackson
8. Ayour – Driss El Maloumi
9. Laouni – Imarhan
10. Dalila – Aida Nosrat, Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta, Rusan Filiztek, Siar Hashimi, Sogol Mirzaei
11. Reverse Healing – Sainkho Namtchylak
12. Òtítọ́ Ti Jáde – Dele Sosimi, The Estuary 21
13. Chala Vahi Des – Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, The Rajasthan Express
14. Le coin D – Driss El Maloumi
15. Latlal – Mariem Hassan
16. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem – Alabaster DePlume
17. Midnight Blue – Sainkho Namtchylak
18. Tabali te – Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba
19. Intoxication – Shye Ben Tzur

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2023-16

Notes

I started this week with a recommendation to check out Ashufak Shay by Dudu Tessa, Jonny Greenwood, and Rashid Al Najjar. From there, I decided to see where this initial listen would take me, and like a river of wonders the journey has been nothing short of exceptional. 

It is an incredible blessing that the music covered in this journey and playlist can cover continents, archipelagos, and regions in countries like Israel, Tuareg, India, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Western Sahara amongst others.

I do not want to comment about each song because I feel like this is relatively new territory for me, and I hesitate to speak out of turn. But if anything, the percussion, melodies and instruments (like the Oud) are fresh voices in my ear, yet they might be something as entrenched for the musicians as rice is to my cuisine. It is amazing that we probably will not be able to listen to all the music in the world in a lifetime. But it is incredibly humbling to be on a journey to listen to music as an act to expand our own consciousness. 

There are some highlight musicians in this playlist, but I will also leave them be, and may we all pursue more deeply that which moves us.