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Download/Stream now Watch Sami's Official YouTube Playlist – Join Sami Yusuf on @Spotify and add your favourite tracks to your personal playlist – Subscribe to Sami's official YouTube channel Follow Sami Yusuf on: DESCRIPTION Recorded live at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in June 2019, Sami Yusuf’s latest single ‘The Key’ is based on a famous centuries-old Andalusian folk song. This musically rich piece is beautifully performed here by world class musicians accompanying Sami Yusuf's signature vocals. New English lyrics along with the original Arabic poem weave together seamlessly to create a stunning sound that is peaceful, exotic and centering. PERFORMERS (From right to left): Seyyed Mohammad Jaberi: daf, bendir & vocals Ömer Avci: bendir, tef, kudum & vocals Onur Cicin: qanun Sezgin Yaman: oud Emre Kayacan: kemanche Hasan Kirkisoglu: ney Mahyar Toreihi: santoor Hüseyin Can Pala: bağlama AND Sami Yusuf Special thanks to Ismail Boujia & his group for joining as guest vocalists (From right to left): Mostafa El Lachkar Ismail Boujia Elouafi Mohammed Hamza Idrissi Mohammed El Alami Abderrazak Idrissi ABOUT THE ALBUM Sami Yusuf’s latest album ‘Live at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music’ was born of his desire to translate for a global audience the rich musical language of cultures stretching from Andalusia, North Africa, and Arabia to Turkey and beyond. His desire is realised here: the music is refined, and whether meditative or ecstatic, it is all connected by remarkable emotional depth of expression. In its melodic Arabic love songs, its rhythmic chants of North African Sufi lodges, its trance-like Turkish ilahis of the whirling dervishes – this is the visionary work of a composer and performer at the top of his game. Directing an international ensemble of master instrumentalists on traditional acoustic instruments – Bağlama, santur, qanun, kemanche, ney and more – and joined by a renowned Moroccan vocal group, in this 16-track album Sami Yusuf delivers all the magic of the live performance that held his Fes audience spellbound. 2019 was Sami’s second time headlining this prestigious festival, the first time was 2009, joining the ranks of earlier headliners such as Ravi Shankar, Paco de Lucia, Youssou N’Dour, Joan Baez, Björk and Ben Harper. CREDITS FOH & Recording Engineer: Sachin Savio Monitor Engineer: Diego Biagioni Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios Video Editing & Postproduction by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios Published by Andante Records & Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World Copyright of Andante Records. All Rights Reserved.
