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Brothers of the Baladi
Tour the UK for the first time in thirty years! June 10th - 24th
Just Do What's Right
CD Release Tour 2008
Brothers
of the Baladi will
bring their World Music mix to the UK in support of Just Do What's Right ,
a new CD that includes Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's
Worth," Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" and Chris
Rea's "Nothing To Fear," plus six originals and classic Arabic,
Persian and Celtic favorites.
For the past
thirty years, Brothers
of the Baladi have
reached out to cross the boundaries of culture and embrace music as true
language of world peace and diplomacy. The Brothers of the Baladi were named after the Arabic word,
baladi (bah-luh dee), which means country, country folk and people. The
band has grown from a duo to a quintet, who tour the US, Canada and Europe
and whose market has broadened to include a diverse fan base from the belly
dancer to the World music radio aficionado to the college student
discovering the wide range of global music for the first time.
First known
for their traditional Middle-Eastern music, the Brothers of the Baladi now tastefully mix traditional
ethnic/acoustic instruments with Western instrumentation, vocals in seven
languages and exotic rhythms.
Along with Michael Beach the band's lineup includes J. Michael Kearsey (vocals, bass & riq), Geoff George (vocals, quarter-tone keyboards), Mark Giles (vocals & drum set) and Daniel Eshoo (oud, saz & hurdy gurdy).
"The
Brothers of the Baladi have been successful because they express their
American selves through the music of another culture. You can hear it in
the beat, in the phrasing: this is not alien....the longtime Portland
group's role as messenger from another world has remained remarkably
consistent." (The Oregonian).
Free
Entry
www.baladi.com
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