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Rough Guide to Sufi Music

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Rough Guide to Sufi Music
(Audio CD) World Music Network
Release date: 2001-10-08


Price: $14.98


Customer Reviews:
  1. exploring the varieties of Sufi music
    There are many different styles in this compilation, making it an educational, and interesting CD, if not entirely satisfying .Track # 1 is a lovely, slow instrumental piece by a 19th century Turkish composer. It has a tranquil feel to it, and since I seem to have an affinity for Turkish music,...
  2. Diverse Sufi Music from Around the Globe (3.5 of 5)
    This is the first ever Rough Guide to "-----" Music CD that disappointed me. Sadly, I feel lukewarm about half the tracks. I had high expectations and hoped for more zikr and qawwali styles. The words 'captivating' and 'trance-inducing' do not describe the music because nearly half the tracks...

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