Transglobal Underground

It's not hard to recognize good Middle Eastern music when you hear it: Like effective blues
or gospel, the good stuff both weeps and rejoices. In their never-ending quest for the
exotic, many Westerners enshrine Middle Eastern melodies in incredibly pretentious
surroundings (Brian Eno and David Byrne) or make them as foreign and mysterious as a
fictional opium den (Led Zeppelin) or simply treat them as the decorative icing o... More >