Mor Karbasi (born April 23, 1986) is a singer-songwriter born in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, and now based in
Seville
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after five years in London.
One of her main projects is
Ladino music, also known as Judezmo, Spanyolit, or Sephardic—the
ancient language
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and music of the exiled Jews of Portugal and Spain. She writes original material, as well as singing traditional songs. She has been compared to
Mariza
Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer.
Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican ...
and
Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy ( he, יסמין לוי; born December 23, 1975) is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judeo-Spanish music.
Biography
Yasmin Levy was born on December 23, 1975, in Baka, Jerusalem. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Her parents were A ...
, but has a strongly individual sound, whichever type of music she sings.
Karbasi's heritage is mixed Iranian (paternal) and Moroccan (maternal), and according to her Moroccan Jewish grandfather, "the blood remembers," meaning that before this her ancestors came from Spain. Her connection to this culture is expressed passionately through her music. Her family name Karbasi means "canvas" in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
.
Musical career
Karbasi's concert appearances include: Tours of Europe and USA, including appearances on London's Trafalgar Square open air stage (2006 and 2007), festival performances (
Womad
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History
WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, ...
Festival 2007 Charlton Park, and Las Palmas-Canary Islands, Celtic Connections 2009). TV and Radio broadcasts on National French TV and BBC radio. Her first album, ''The Beauty and the Sea'', was reviewed in The Guardian newspaper. The review called her "one of the great young divas of the global music scene."
Mor Karbasi, The Beauty and the Sea
''The Guardian'', Friday April 25, 2008
She has also made guest appearances with groups having compatible styles, Koby Israelite, Baroque fusion 'Eclipse', Rai band Ludomix, the Pena Flamenco
Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
de Israel.
In 2017 Mor joined Swiss-based world music band Beyond
Beyond may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
* ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film
* ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne''
* ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed b ...
, participating in their fourth album Awakening.
Discography
* Earlier work includes a self-produced CD called "Broken Wings", and a four track EP called "Rosa".
* The Beauty and the Sea 008 008, OO8, O08, or 0O8 may refer to:
* The Streetwear Brand @008us , inspired by Ian Fleming & Virgil Abloh
*"030", the fictional 030 Agent of MI6
* '' 038: Operation Exterminate'', a 1965 Italian action film
* '' Explosivo 030'' a 1940 Argentine c ...
* Daughter of the Spring 011* La Tsadika (The Ballad For Sol) 013* Ojos De Novia (Eyes of a Bride) 016
Traditional influences
Mor Karbasi collects and sings songs in Ladino, as well as European and Latin American folk, also Andalucia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
n music sung in Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
with Arabic
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melodies and scales. The latter is called Piyyut
A ''piyyut'' or ''piyut'' (plural piyyutim or piyutim, he, פִּיּוּטִים / פיוטים, פִּיּוּט / פיוט ; from Greek ποιητής ''poiētḗs'' "poet") is a Jewish liturgical poem, usually designated to be sung, ch ...
im, and is a type of prayer traditionally only sung by men.
References
External links
MySpace – Mor Karbasi
Mintaka Music – Mor Karbasi
Homepage of Mor Karbasi
С Мор Карбаси във вълшебната приказка на гласа й
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Living people
21st-century Israeli women singers
Judaeo-Spanish-language singers
Israeli emigrants to the United Kingdom
Israeli people of Iranian-Jewish descent
Spanish-language singers of Israel
Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
Israeli women singer-songwriters
1986 births