For those unaware, the spirited New York City-based ensemble East of the River debuts on AVIE with Ija Mia: Music of the Sephardic Diaspora.

Directed by the dynamic duo of internationally renowned recorder virtuosos (The New York Times) Daphna Mor (regular collaborator with Apollo’s Fire) and Nina Stern, the album is inspired by love and commemoration of the musicians’ collective cultural backgrounds - Nina’s Venetian Jewish ancestry, and Daphna’s Ladino heritage.

Spanning a vast range of Sephardic folk and traditional musics - stories and dances, prayers and anthems - Ija Mia is by turns haunting, soulful and exuberant.

Daphna and Nina’s cosmopolitan collaborators include an astonishing assortment of musicians including renowned Armenian-American oud player Ara Dinkjian, Silk Road percussionist Shane Shanahan, the phenomenal Israeli bassist Tal Mashiach, and Palestinian multi-instrumentalist Zafer Tawil on qanun, violin, and percussion.

1. Ija Mia (traditional)
2. Adio Kerida
3. Porke Yorach
4. Ein Keloheinu
5. Anzi dice la nuestra novia
6. Oud Taksim
7. Achot Ketana
8. Yigdal
9. Kurdi Taksim
10. Kurdi Peşrev
11. Shir Hashirim
12. Hicaz Sirto

This imaginative and wholly evoking new recording opens on the _______________ of the titular Ija Mia (traditional) and then proceeds to bring us the ____________ of Adio Kerida, the _____________ of Porke Yorach, the _____________ of Ein Keloheinu, and both the __________ of Anzi dice la nuestra novia and the ______________ of Oud Taksim.

Along next is the ______________ of Achot Ketana and the ___________ of Yigdal, and they are in turn followed by the _____________ of Kurdi Taksim, the ________________ of Kurdi Peşrev, the album rounding out on the ___________ of Shir Hashirim, closing on the ___________ of Hicaz Sirto.

Musicians:
Nina Stern (recorders, chalumeau)
Daphna Mor (voice, recorders)
East of the River

Official Purchase Link

www.avie-records.com

www.eastoftherivermusic.com