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Nomadic Treasures: Nomadic Treasures

by Mark Sullivan
May 28, 2018

Nomadic Treasures is a European-based collective. As their name implies, they take inspiration from musical styles from all over the world, including jazz, Western classical music, and Jewish and North African folk musics. Israeli pianist/composer Avi Darash wrote all of the music, with Greek singer Irini Konstantinidi providing the lyrics. The rhythm section is filled out by Italian bassist Daniele Cappucci and Catalan drummer Joan Terol Amigó. Konstantinidi's sunny voice enters immediately over the odd-meter groove of “Gnawa ...