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When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq

Rahim Alhaj

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Released: Oct 2006
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
The best instrumental music doesn't fill space -- it seems to make it, delineating time and creating pockets of stillness for your mind to inhabit. AlHaj's tribute to the maqam, a musical form analogous to an Indian raga, does just that, carving out melodies and improvisations using just the deep voice of the oud. It's entrancing music, an ocean of sanity coming from disputed desert territory by way of New Mexico. The album was nominated for a Grammy in 2008.
- Sarah Bardeen
Rahim Alhaj - When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq 2006-11-24
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    Taqsim Maqam Ajam
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    4:36
    Taqsim Maqam Mukhalif
    Taqsim Maqam Mukhalif
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    Taqsim Maqam Sika
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    Taqsim Maqam Kurd
    Taqsim Maqam Kurd
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    Taqsim Maqam Bayyat-Husayni
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    Taqsim Maqam Hijaz
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    Taqsim Maqam Lami
    Taqsim Maqam Lami
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    Taqsim Maqam Sharqi Rast
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    Taqsim Maqam Saba
    Taqsim Maqam Saba
℗ 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings