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View through the curtains

American Psycho

Junction Box

Neighbor’s Light

18th & Spring Garden

Neighborhood, Looking West

Neighborhood, Looking East

Front Steps

Bachelor Pad

Fire Wood

Back Yard Patio

Self-Portrait, Back Yard Patio

Courtyard

Self-Portrait, 16th & Vine

Center City Crossing

Crane, Broad & Pine

Family Crossing, 13th & Pine

Always struggling to make the ordinary extraordinary. See you in the ‘O-Six’. Salaams.

So in the same session as the post below, I was in Borders, in the internatinal section and also picked this one up. It features one of my favorite players of the oud, a Middle-Eastern lute, Simon Shaheen. He’s here with his group, Qantara and the two tenors, Wadi Al-Safi and Sabah Fakhri. If you’re into orchestral Arabic music, you’ll dig this disc. It’s not crappy Euro-Arab pop, but old-style, done in the vain of Umm Khaltoum or Fairuz. It’s put out on Ark21 so it should be easy to find. Also, here’s the iTunes link.

I was at Borders the other day, looking through the international section when I came across this disc: L. Subramaniam, Inde du Sud, Le Violon de l’Inde du Sud (The Violin of South India). It features Dr. L. Subramiam on the violin. I really, really love Indian music. Ragas. Kirvanis. You name it. It’s a quartet with violin, a mridangam and two tamburâs. I can say I highly recommend the disc. The sound quality’s good, too. Definitely one for low lights and a cup of chai. Here’s the Amazon link.