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You have reached Ragascape, a website designed to discuss the melodic modes (ragas) of Indian music. Over the last millenium these systems of melodic design have been transmitted orally from one generation to the next. Each generation has attempted to maintain the purity of its heritage and, at the same time, infuse it with their own creative spirit.

Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique."

Studio Almaya is a studio for music studies founded by Yair Dalal, who dedicates himself to continue the Jewish-Arabic musical heritage, and pass it to the future generations. His Goals are to connect and advance young musicians towards the ethnic musical branch, encouraging ethnic music creativity, and establishing an archive for ethnic music. Almaya became a meeting Point for people from all ages and origins, which find the studio the only place in Israel Where they can enrich themselves musically and intellectually in this unique tradition of Jewish-Arab music. Studio almaya is located in the old Jaffa Port , Almaya means The Universe in Aramaic and On the Water in Arabic. The classes and topics of the lessons are: Middle eastern music Rhythm Scales Tonality Instrumentation: Oud Violin Ney Percussion Vocal Theory and practice The Maqam phenomena and its philosophy The history of Judeo- Arab music : Composition Songs Composers and Singers as well as secular and religious songs

"An Anthology of Chinese Traditional and Folk Music A Collection of Music Played on the Guqin Guqin musical heritage in a set of 8 CDs"

Song of longing and lamentation, "Ad Ana Yona" is a sacred Sephardic Jewish sung poem (piyut) about the plight of Iraqui Jews in 1948.

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