Desert Speaks

Yosefa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: January 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005H1X
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,916 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #70 in Music > World Music > Africa > Morocco

Track Listings

1. The Orchestra Replies

2. A Postcard From Morocco

3. Shafshaf's Song

4. The Desert Speaks

5. Coast Line

6. Compassion

7. Taj Mahal

8. Double Life

9. Gold

10. Longings

11. Place With No Name

12. Before The Night Is Gone

Editorial Reviews

Desert Speaks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like Ofra Haza..., November 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Desert Speaks (Audio CD)

In the tradition of Ofra Haza's Yemenite Songs, Yosefa Ha'Dari's work follows, but with a more modern twist. Imagine that a Yemeni had spent some time in Lebanese and German clubs, then come home with the technosound still ringing in her ears... that's this album.

If you're a fan of Arabic music, but can do without the wailing repetitiveness, buy this album. I've loved it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, March 22, 2001

By 

Rachel Stegman "Aerial Rachel" (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Speaks (Audio CD)

Yosefa's The Desert Speaks....I've had this CD for several years now, and I still love it. Yosefa uniquely blends several ethnicities of music together. You can definitely hear each influence--Israeli, Yemenite and Moroccan. I have used two of her songs for Rope and Trapeze routines.

Her other CD (from 1993) was not worth the purchase!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am still listening after two years, September 20, 2002

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Beth Cohen (Arlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Speaks (Audio CD)

I bought this album after I had a complete collection of Ofra Haza and I knew that sadly there are no more coming. Although she is a bit more commercial then Haza on her later albums, I listen to this album often. The title cut, The Desert Speaks is particularly good. Her voice may not be as strong as Haza's, but her music stands the test of time for me. The album is a good blend of the mideastern rhythms and Yosepha has a soaring voice.