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FYC - Béla Fleck, Yasmin Levy, Edmar Castaneda and 30 more join Sultans of String - World Music Album - REFUGE "Refuge is a fantastic, moving, dreamlike, epic, timely album.” - Ken Micallef (Jazz Times, Stereophile, Downbeat) This year with Sultans of String we released the most important and timely album of our career, REFUGE. 13 songs that speak to the challenges facing the world’s displaced peoples--their stories, their songs, their persistence and their humanity. ARTIST: Sultans of String CATEGORY: World Music Album ALBUM NAME: Refuge "Joined by an international cast, some of whom are recent immigrants to North America, the celebrated quintet immerses themselves in the plight of the international refugee on Refuge, and the humanitarian response that should greet everyone in search of a home. The album’s 13 songs include contributions from renown American banjoist Béla Fleck, Ladino star Yasmin Levy, Indigenous Elder Duke Redbird, Hungarian-Canadian keyboardist Robi Botos, Somali-American poet Ifrah Mansour, Greek-Canadian oud player Demetrios Petsalakis, Iraqi violinist Imad Al Taha, Iranian santur master, Edmar Castaneda from Colombia, and many more. Refuge reflects its theme of working together for a common goal, the quintet recording with 30 amazing musicians who’ve come to North America as recent immigrants and refugees, each with exceptional talent and extraordinary stories. Like Imad, now living in Ohio, whose house was destroyed by a grenade because he played violin for the wrong faction in Iraq. Or Amir, whose wrist was broken by thugs in Iran for playing “illegal scales” on his instrument. Or Iraqi actor and singer, Ahmeh Moneka, unable to return home after receiving death threats for portraying a homosexual character in a film." Featuring: Béla Fleck - USA Edmar Castaneda - COLOMBIA / USA Ifrah Mansour - SOMALIA / USA Imad Al Taha - IRAQ / USA Yasmin Levy - ISRAEL Gündem Yayli Grubu - TURKEY Mehmet Akatay- TURKEY Suat Suna - TURKEY Ahmed Moneka - IRAQ / CAN Amir Amiri - IRAN / CAN Anh Phung – VIETNAM / CAN Anwar Khurshid - PAKISTAN / CAN Donné Roberts - MADAGASCAR / CAN Demetrios Petsalakis - GREECE / CAN Duke Redbird - OJIBWE ELDER / CAN Fethi Nadjem - ALGERIA / CAN Majd Sekkar - SYRIA / CAN Marito Marques - PORTUGAL / CAN Matias Recharte – PERU / CAN Meg Contini - CAN Michel DeQuevedo - MEXICO / CAN Naghmeh Farahmand - IRAN / CAN Ravi Naimpally– INDIA / CAN Robi Botos - HUNGARY / CAN Rosendo 'Chendy' Léon - CUBA / CAN Sammy Figueroa - PUERTO RICO / USA Selcuk Suna - TURKEY / CAN Twin Flames - INDIGENOUS / CAN Waleed Abdulhamid - SUDAN / CAN |
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