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Upon the Cypress Bough: 20260406 (Audio)
Apr 06, 2026
"Upon the Cypress Bough" is a showcase for music from an area fuzzily contained by Western Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia. Selections heard on the show come from traditional, religious, pop, art, and hybrid origins, but with some emphasis on less-Westernized tunes.
Winslow is a geographer, civil servant, musician, and student of the Persian setar.
Playlist:
- Summer Samba (So Nice) / Walter Wanderley
- Khrab Sidrah / Hamid Bin Hussein Sea Band
- Naksah al Ras .1 / El Khat
- Yadat Miad / Sussan
- Falak / Aqnazar Alavatov
- Ichki lel bey / AMMAR 808
- Ma3 El Sarab / Hady El Gabal
- Raqaat / Abdullah Kershi