New record label founded by Jacob Edgar, an ethnomusicologist / music producer, head of research & development at Putumayo World Music. Charlotte, Vermont USA
The ud, or oud, is a bit like a lute, sonically. The musical modes are very different from the lute played by guitarist Julian Bream, of course...but the instrument does resemble the lute somewhat. Yurdal Tokcan is my absolute favorite oud player. He's stunningly great! This 11-minute video's from Yurdal's February 2009 concert.
Yasmin Levy (b. 1975) is a singer of Sephardic music born in Jerusalem. She has brought a new interpretation to the international Ladino song scene by returning to original instruments like the Persian oud, violin, cello, percussion, and piano.
CELTIC-BREIZH for CITTERN or BOUZOUKI. (BREST is a port in BRITTANY). The tuning is as follows: DGCF. But it is simply a tone below the EADG typically used. The reason for this tuning is to gain a tonality approaching the MANDOCELLO.