# Suggest me some Middle Eastern style music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966 "2010-05-01T15:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/1 "2010-05-01T15:47:48Z")
My wife has been participating in a Middle Eastern Dance class for quite some time now (almost a year or so) with her sister and a few friends. I really enjoy the music from it, although I mostly have no idea what the words mean. She tries to find songs to practice or listen to but usually gets rather cruddy copies of things. The big problem is that she gets copies of individual songs to practice to, but doesn’t know where to find more of the same. Any dopers have some suggestions on some upbeat Middle Eastern style music, specifically that is pretty accessible via iTunes or other services? Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/2 "2010-05-01T21:06:20Z")
[http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000390/0.html](http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000390/0.html) Knock yourself out. Unlike some online music services [not itunes] you pay and download but you stop paying you do not lose the downloads. i also like some of the bollywood =) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/3 "2010-05-02T01:28:27Z")
David & The High Spirit - [Erev Shel Shoshanim](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTx_PH-WT7c&feature=fvw) ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/4 "2010-05-02T02:15:27Z")
Ofra Haza’s catalogue might offer something, and should be fairly easy to find. Also - and this is a little left-field, maybe - a lot of Loreena McKennitt’s stuff has a strong middle-east-meets-celtic flavour that might offer some inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/5 "2010-05-02T04:36:06Z")
Anything involving Azam Ali: [Niyaz](http://www.niyazmusic.com/), [Vas](http://www.myspace.com/azamalivasmusic), or her [solo](http://www.azamalimusic.com/) stuff. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/6 "2010-05-02T07:32:26Z")
Peter Gabriel’s PASSION - it’s the soundtrack for The Last Temptation of Christ. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-middle-eastern-style-music/537966/7 "2010-05-02T18:31:41Z")
Try here: [http://bounguine.blogspot.com/](http://bounguine.blogspot.com/) Go down the genres list at the left side of the page.