Jewish music in The International Sephardi Music Festival in Cordoba- Ancient Groove

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1:40 Lama bada لما بدا يتثنى
8:14 Adon haselichot אדון הסליחות
13:11 Oud solo
15:05 Shalom Aleichem שלום עליכם
20:20 Bat Ahuvat El
25:55 Solo Flamenco Guitar
28:00 Ultimo Pajaro
32:03 Friday 1600 pm
36:37 Jako
41:26 Los bilbilicos
47:57 Voice improvisation
49:47 Ma Tovu
52:40 Yaala Yaala יעלה יעלה
59:31 Jars
1:04:24 Laylun Ajeeb ليل عجيب

Judaism is a curious thing.
As we went on stage in one of the centers of ancient Jewish history, the city of Cordoba, we felt as if we are continuing a sequence that was abruptly stopped five hundred years ago, at the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

And though we cannot be sure as to how exactly did Jewish music sounded like at the time when the Rambam lived in Cordoba, in our fusion of Jewish culture from all around the world, we try to create a new sound that can be connected to many Jewish traditions and even modern Israeli music.

Music festivals like this one in Cordoba, the 16th Festival Internacional de Musica Sefardi -The International Festival of Sephardic Music, is one of the most beautiful Jewish Festivals there are nowadays.
It gives place to varied Jewish music groups to explore various parts of Judaism, and above all lets the local audience who attends a chance to get to know this aspect of Judaism.

The Jewish songs that we played vary from Moroccan Sephardic music to Jewish songs from Greece, Iraq, and even Israeli music.

World music for us is a synonym to Jewish music As you can find many Jewish communities all over the world like Ethiopia, India, Russia, Morocco, United States, France, Spain and more.

The Jewish calendar is full of distinctive songs for each of the days of the holiday during the Hebrew year.
One of the most famous Jewish songs for example -the second song in this concert is called Adon Hselichot ( The lord of forgiveness ) which is sung by the prayers in the synagogue in Yom Kippur in the period of Jewish new year in September/October.

So, Judaism has many Jewish traditions and each one of them has its own characteristics, styles, geography, instruments, Language and more.

Obviously, there are Folk songs that also can be called secular Jewish songs like lullabies, wedding songs, love songs, etc. For example, the song ‘Ma Tovu Tzevia’ ( 49.47 ) is a wedding song of Moroccan Jewish tradition. The first song in this festival concert is a love song of the Jewish community in Syria and is called ‘Lama Haketz’ ( most famous as Lama Bada Yatathana in Arabic ).

A very unique Jewish song in this program is from the Caucasus Mountains and it’s is ‘Jars Jars’. The Jews there are also called the Mountain Jews community which became established in Ancient Persia, from the 5th century AD onwards; their language, their Jewish language is Judeo Tat, an ancient Southwest Iranian language which integrates many elements of Ancient Hebrew as far as the language the Bible.

About Us:

Ancient Groove, led by Roy Zakai and Ofer Ronen, bring their unique air to the Jewish music scene. Zakai and Ronen are both Israeli based guitarists, Zakai with a classical background and Ronen from flamenco and ethnic world. They approach canonical Jewish music with their new way, By taking them out of their religious and cultural context and bringing them closer to their own contemporary world, they maintain a balance between musical complexity and a great musical expression of emotion. The singer of the ensemble is Tamar Bloch, who specializes in the Andalusian style and in the Hachtiya - the language spoken by the Sephardic Jews In northern Morocco.

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Roy Zakai- 6 strings guitar, 11 strings guitar
Ofer Ronen- Oud, Flamenco guitar
Tamar Bloch- Voice
Sergio Fernandez- Percussion.

Video & editing - Javi Torres

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