The music of Mor Karbasi
Sometimes I buy a CD without hearing a single track and without even knowing the performer because I have read a good review and want to try something new. This is why I listened for the first time this weekend to “The Beauty And The Sea” by Mor Karbasi.
She is a London-based Israeli singer whom the “Guardian” has described as “one of the great young divas of the global music scene”. She is directly descended from both Moroccan and Persian Jews and she is an exponent of Ladino music and surviving songs of the late 15th century when Jewish and Muslim communities in Spain were expelled by the Christians.
“The Beauty And The Sea” features songs in Ladino, Hebrew and Spanish. It is melodic, moving, and magical.