Favoritos de mayo + Recuerdos y actualidades arábigas
May favorites + Arab memories and new sounds

Abrimos con los tres favoritos de Mundofonías de mayo del 2025: los nuevos trabajos de Thanos Stavridis & Drom, desde Grecia; de Mara Aranda, indagando en las tradiciones sefardíes de Bulgaria, y el recopilatorio Tsapiky! Modern music from southwest Madagascar. Continuamos con sonoridades principalmente arábigas, con grabaciones añejas ahora republicadas y otras de reciente factura, que nos llevan por Egipto, Líbano y Siria, con conexiones libias y canadienses, para terminar con un encuentro occitano-magrebí.

We open with the three Mundofonías favorites for May 2025: the new albums by Thanos Stavridis & Drom, from Greece, by Mara Aranda, exploring the Sephardic traditions of Bulgaria, and the compilation “Tsapiky! Modern music from southwest Madagascar.” We continue with predominantly Arab sounds, with vintage recordings now reissued and others freshly crafted, taking us through Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, with Libyan and Canadian connections, and ending with an Occitan-Maghrebi encounter.

Favoritos de mayo
May favorites

– Thanos Stavridis & Drom – Karsilamas – Fygame
– Mara Aranda – Aman muelinero – Sefarad en el corazón de Bulgaria
– Drick – Sinjake panambola – Tsapiky! Modern music from southwest Madagascar [V.A.]

Recuerdos y actualidades arábigas
Arab memories and new sounds

– Reem Kamal – Baed Al Yas Yjini – Born in the city of Tanta – Lower Egyptian urban folklore and Bedouin shaabi from Libya’s Bourini Records 1968-75 [V.A.]
– Abu Saber – Ya Allah ank zinat – Born in the city of Tanta – Lower Egyptian urban folklore and Bedouin shaabi from Libya’s Bourini Records 1968-75 [V.A.]
– Zuhour – Mijana & Ataba – Village wedding: Lebanese songs & vignettes ca. late 1960s-early ’70s [V.A.]
– Sawaya Quartet – Harem dances – Love songs of Lebanon
– Kazdoura – Marhaba ahlen – Ghoyoum
– La Bande à KoustiK Trio – Mni ghab chan – Ajdig