A couple of people contacted me and asked if I had transcribed Halfaouine, one of Anouar Brahem's most famous pieces. It's been recorded by him several times, and there is also a version with lyrics recorded by Lotfi Bouchnak.
I learned it from his 1999 album Astrakan Café, back when it was first released! I had only been playing oud for about a year at that point. His 1998 album with Dave Holland and John Surman, Thimar, came out the year I started playing oud and was one of the first recordings I was…
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