Luxor To Isna

Not so much a record, more like an adventure in sound.

January 1990

Press review from: Q Magazine (UK)

This album captures powerful and eerie melodies which can be traced back to the time of the Pharaohs. 10 December 1989

Press review from: The Observer (UK)

...a wonderfully strange record...

December 1992/January 1993

Press review from: Dirty Linen (USA)

Intoxicating, uniquely Egyptian blend of string and reeded instruments, percussion and occasionally street scenes, superbly recorded at the effective Real World Studios.

17 November 1989

Press review from: The Guardian (UK)

Artist: Musicians Of The Nile
Album: Luxor To Isna
Year: 1989
Label: REAL WORLD RECORDS LTD.

Personnel:

Metqal Qenawi Metqal: Rababah

Shamandi Tewfiq Metqal: Epic Singing and Rababah
Mohamed Murad Medjali: Rababah
Alain Weber: Rababah
Mustafah 'Abd Al' Aziz: Arghul and Doholah
Hanafi Mohamed 'Ali: Tablah
Mohamed Abu Haradji: Mizmar
Ramdan 'Ata: Mizmar
Mohamed Isma'il: Mizmar
Djad Al Rab Mahmud: Tablah Baladi

Track List:

1. Al Bahr Al Gharam Wasah (Love Is As Vast As A River)
   
2. Zahrafat Al Sa'id (Rejoicing In Upper Egypt)
   
3. Ya Tir 'Ala Shadjarah (Oh Bird Upon The Tree)
   
4. Horse Steps
   
5. Al Nahla Al 'Ali (The Tall Palm Tree)
   
6. Kol Elle Qalboh Ankawa (Everyone Has Had A Broken Heart)
   
7. Yunes Wa 'Azizah (Yunes And Azizah)
   
8. Lovers - Al-Aqsur-Isna (From Luxor To Isna)
   

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