World music, world class
The growing attractions of exotic music festivals and other forms of music tourism
THREE women singers stand side by side in front of the keyhole doorway that leads through the crenellated walls into the royal palace complex in Fes, Morocco. Each of them sings an introductory phrase: the voice of a Sephardic Jewish singer, Françoise Atlan, smooth and caressing as silk; the more flowery, operatic tones of a Catalan singer, Montserrat Figueras; and, representing Islam, Aicha Redouane, with a richly textured voice like the great sandstone walls of the city itself which form the backdrop to these evening concerts.
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