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Taarab Playlist

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Taarab — Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya, and the wider Swahilisphere.

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  1. Ya habibi taala elhaani — Asmahan
  2. Tú mira — Lole y Manuel
  3. Mustt Mustt — Kiran Ahluwalia
  4. Sharaf — Sahra Halgan
  5. Ya touyour — Asmahan
  6. Santa María (del Buen Ayre) — Gotan Project
  7. Rocky Road to Dublin — Jack O'Connell
  8. I Lied to You — Miles Caton
  9. Yamore — Salif Keita
  10. Diablo Rojo (Remastered) — Rodrigo y Gabriela
  11. Le Beirut — Fairuz
  12. Nasnusa — Sababa 5
  13. Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho — Al Di Meola
  14. Hanuman — Rodrigo y Gabriela
  15. BULERÍAS — ROSALÍA
  16. Juro Que — ROSALÍA
  17. QUE NO SALGA LA LUNA — ROSALÍA
  18. Nouh Al Hamam — Orange Blossom
  19. Una Gitana Morena — Camarón de la Isla
  20. Masâr — Le Trio Joubran
  21. Homelands — Nitin Sawhney
  22. De Plata — ROSALÍA
  23. Chauen — Angel Salazar
  24. Back to Baskinta — Ibrahim Maalouf
  25. Anbessa — Akalé Wubé
  26. Algeria — Gnawa Diffusion
  27. Ordunun Dereleri — Altın Gün
  28. Sabilulungan — Gamelan Degung
  29. Leyla — Altın Gün
  30. Sina — Victor Démé
  31. Offering — Ravi Shankar
  32. The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers — Yin Yin
  33. Pétrin — La Tordue
  34. Ruby Like Wine (To Sheikh Muhammed Omran) — Dhafer Youssef
  35. Starlight in Daden — Ekova
  36. Bread & Cheese — The Halluci Nation
  37. Telantena zare — Alemayehu Eshete
  38. Se E Tarde Me Pardoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late) — Quincy Jones
  39. Mozambic — Michel Portal, Bernard Lubat, Harry Pepl, Mino Cinelu, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Claude Barthélémy, Andy Emler, André Cecarelli, Jannick Top, Richard Galliano and Jean Schwarz
  40. Kingsman Hoedown — Henry Jackman
  41. Canastera — Camarón de la Isla
  42. Csilavtu — Kályi Jag
  43. Ya Jarha Galbi — Soapkills
  44. Mani Mani Kuru — Ketama
  45. La Teknoz — De Grandi
  46. Besèna Rovèna — Roomana Dives
  47. Habibi Metal — Rudy Ayoub
  48. Tabel Ya Issam — Issam Houshan
  49. Al Verte Las Flores Lloran — Camarón de la Isla
  50. Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae — Jeff Buckley
  51. East Paris — The Eddy
  52. Dulhe Ka Sehra — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,s
  53. Pilon Bran Coucou — PinioL
  54. Mamchout — Bargou 08
  55. ADORO BOLOS — Conan Osíris
  56. Ratep Meusuekat - Aceh, Indonesia — Kani Karaca
  57. Tarantella del gargano — Daniele Sepe
  58. Modern Slaves — Mdou Moctar
  59. Estrella — Enrique Morente
  60. Rimjhim Gire Saawan — Papon
  61. Bol — Sarathy Korwar
  62. Douaga — Avalanche Kaito
  63. Dam Dam Mast Qalandar, Part II: Urs Mubarak — Ensemble Badila
  64. No Siembres en Tierra Mala — Carmen Linares
  65. Essahera — Oulaya
  66. We Come From The Forest (feat. Bokatola System) — DRC Music
  67. Aman Aman — Nishtiman Project
  68. Bulerías por Solea — La Niña de los Peines, Niño Ricardo, M. Badajoz, M. Marchena
  69. Saajan Kahan Jaoongi Main (Beloved, Where Would I Go?) — Kronos Quartet
  70. Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  71. Allah Ho Allah Ho — Faiz Ali Faiz
  72. Parda — Najma Akhtar
  73. Ya Hayyou, Ya Qayyoum — Faiz Ali Faiz
  74. Aur Raag Sab Bane Barati - Raag Basant — Pandit Jasraj
  75. Expensive Shit — Fela Kuti
  76. Raga malkauns — Khamisu Khan
  77. Aatini Nay — Fairuz
  78. Allah Hoo Allah Hoo — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  79. Tatalu — Lair
  80. Sukanya, Act 1: VII. Marriage — David Murphy
  81. Sepideh — Shahram Nazeri
  82. Shaban Aheste Migeryam — Parvaz Homay
  83. An Soo Maro (Inviting You) — Alireza Ghorbani
  84. Ana Touiri — Fadila Dziria
  85. Ayaw Ayourino — Farid Imazighen
  86. Balada Borracha — Quantic
  87. Zombie — Fela Kuti
  88. Mange — Khamisu Khan
  89. Que Me Van Aniquilando — Silvia Pérez Cruz
  90. Afkari — Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club
  91. Ahibak (feat. Safae Essafi) — Dudu Tassa
  92. Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali — Africa Express
  93. Third Jalsa (Jalsaghar the Music Room) — Vilayat Khan
  94. Single Foot — Moondog
  95. Sastanàqqàm — Tinariwen
  96. Muhogo Wa Jang'ombe — Bi Kidudé
  97. Amor e Fé — Hungria
  98. Take A Bow — Rihanna
  99. Tacatà — Tacabro
  100. Ya Tabtab Wa Dallaa — Nancy Ajram

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