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Music that sounds appropriate for SCA or medieval re-enactment events

For Middle Eastern Dancers

If you need recorded dance music for an SCA event, check this out! This great list of authentic-sounding music was compiled by Joya, Darach, Caid;
and was first sent to the 'al-jisr' list July 30, 1999. Since then others have offered many suggestions which are also included here. Some titles may be out of print, or not on modern media.

Afrah Baladna Said
Aisha Ali - Music of the Fellahin
  "     "   - Music of the Ghawazee
  "     "   - Music of the Ouled Nail
  "     "   - Music for the Oriental Dance
  "     "   - Tunisian Dances
Alhaweb - Ataba and Dabky Dance
Anestos Athounasiou - Music for Bellydancing
Arabesque - Traditional Arab Music
Aram Gulezyan - Exotic Music for the Oud
  "      "         - Fantasie Arabe
  "      "         - The Oud
Arion - Songs and Dances of Morocco
Aziz Khadra - Apadana
Bert Balladine - Bert's Baladi
Bilezikjian & Daghdevirian - "Sirocco"
   "      & Khadra - The Music of "La Danse Orientale"
Brothers of the Baladi - Beyond the Tenth
   "        "   "     "      - Dance with Gladness
   "        "   "     "      - Food of Love
Chalf Hassan - Songs & Dances from Morocco
Charcoal Gypsies
Children of Paradise - Children of Paradise
Chris Kalogerson - Bellydance!
   "        "         - Bellydancing for Everyone
Coral Rose - Par Avion
Desert Knights - Desert Nights (one of my very favorites)
Domba
Farabi - Raks Farabi
    "      - Middle Eastern Mosaic
Fat Chance - Music for Tribal Basics (teaching tape)
Gypsy Caravan - Caravan Rhythms (teaching tape)
   "        "       - Live At Berbati
   "        "      - Migration
Hachig Kazarian & His Ensemble - Armenia, Armenia
Helm - Music of The Habi Ru
Ibrahim Farrah - Music of the Qaria
Jalaleddin - Volume 1
    "        - Vol. 2
    "        -  "   3
    "        -  "   4
    "        -  "   5
    "        -  "   6
John Bilezikjian - A Thousand and One Nights
  "        "        - Dantz Fever
  "        "        - "Sirocco"
  "        "        - Tapestry of the Dance
  "        "        - Turkish
Kavemeier & Wirt - Night at the Oasis
      "           "   - Songs of the Oasis
Korup & Sylvanus - Seeds of Time (teaching tape)
   "    & Woods - Eyes Behind the Veil
Mafufo - Drumsongs For Dancers (teaching tape)
Master Musicians of Jajouka - Apocalypse Across the Sky
Musicians of the Nile - Charcoal Gypsies
    "         "   "    "   - Salam Delta
Nakashian & Pusey - Sands of Night
     "        "    "    - Sands of Night II
Oasis - Evolution
   "   - Out of the Casbah
   "   - The Drums of Oasis
Peach Curry - Dancing With The Infidels
Saadouin Al-Bayati - Songs of Iraq
Salamat - Mambo El Soudani
Saroyan - Music for Le Danse Orientale
Sazlar - Sazlar
   "    - Unveiled
Scabland Band - SABAH!
Scimitar - Volume 1
Sirocco - Volume 1
    "     - Vol. 2
    "     -   "  3
Solace - Rhythm of the Dance
   "     - Sha Waza
   "     - The Gathering Season
Turku - Alleys of Istanbul
  "      - Nomads of the Silk Road
Wine and Alchemy
Various - Istanbul 1925
   "      - Kef Time Classics
   "      - Morocco: Crossroads of Time
   "      - Sulukule Rom Music of Istanbul