	emusic.com -- An affordable way to get belly dance music
Home About Nile Breeze Book Your Event Belly Dance Instruction Schedule of Events Media Gallery Dance Resources Contact Nile Breeze Dance or call us at 618-924-7223	by Sedonia Sipes I would like to promote emusic.com as a convenient, ethical, reputable, and affordable site to purchase a nice collection of Middle Eastern music suitable for belly dancing. This is NOT a file-sharing site. It is a totally legal way to purchase music to download. If you have a bank card, a computer and an internet connection you can buy 5-7 albums for about the cost of purchasing one CD (most belly dance CDs are $15-20). There are no restrictions on music files from emusic.com, you can copy them as many times as you want, and you can use them with your iPod, iTunes, or any other mp3 player or software. You can also burn the music to CDs. Disclaimers: I am an emusic affiliate; if you sign up for emusic via a link on this website, I will earn a very modest commission that I use to defray website expenses. I have also been a very satisfied emusic customer for several years. There is a lot of good quality music on emusic.com, mostly smaller record labels. For belly dance music, your best bet is to browse the “international” section and then go to “Middle East”. For your convenience, I have compiled a list of artists and albums that I recommend – you can search by artist or album name to find these. New stuff becomes available on a regular basis, so there will be more good music in the future to add to this list. Arist is listed first, album name second. You can access a complete and more updated playlist directly on emusic webiste by clicking here Ahmad Gibaly & Orchestra: The Soul of Cairo Cairo Orchestra: A Tribute to Om Kalsoum Egyptiskt Kulturcentrum Kairo Bazar - Mohammed Ali: Raks Sharki vol. 1 Hassan Abou El Seoud: Shik Shak Shok Hossam Ramzy: Bedouin Tribal Dance, Source of Fire, Faddah, many others Alabina: The very best of Mohammed Al Asan Abo Abid: Master of Egyptian Belly Dance Gizira Band: Ya Halawa Yousri Sharif: Wash ya Wash volumes 1-6 Great classical Egyptian dance music! Jalilah: Raks Sharki #6: In a Beirut Mood; Raks Sharki #3: Journey of the Gipsy dancer Moktar al Said: Raks Sharki: Classical Egyptian Dance Music ( this is Raks Sharki #1 in Jalilah’s series) *note:Jalilah’s Raks Sharki series are MUST HAVES for Egyptian belly dance music. Sami Nossair Orchestra: Beyond the desert: classical egyptian belly dance, Cairo Delight (very good) Gamal Goma: Shake me ya gamal (very good; all drum solos, inc. the popular “Sahra Saiidi”) George Abdo: The Art of Belly dancing; Joy of Belly dancing; The magic of belly dancing; Belly dance! The best of George Abdo (more MUST HAVE music – these are in the Arab-American genre) Upper Egypt Ensemble: Egypt: A musical Journey (Egyptian classical and folkloric) Phil Thornton/Hossam Ramzy Eternal Egypt; Immortal Egypt (new agey Arab-inspired world music) Hakim: Talakik, Yaho, The Lion Roars (Arabic Pop) Hamdi El-Khayyat: The Doom-Tek Project (all drum solo) Sulukule: Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul (traditional Turkish Rom) Natacha Atlas: Halim; Gedida; Best of Natacha Atlas; Diaspora; Ayeshteni (arabic/world pop) Drum Circle (all drum solo) Scott Wilson: Belly dance nights; Belly dance favorites; Casbah nights (American belly dance music) Cairo Caravan: Belly dance with Dina (Egyptian belly dance music) Various Artists: o Electric Oasis: Exotic Arabian Grooves o Essential Belly dance – Neena and Veena (mix of Arabic, Turkish, Greek and other belly dance music) o Belly Dance Superstars (includes Egyptian belly dance, Arabic pop, and world fusion) o Belly dance superstars II (ditto) o Istanbul 1925 (traditional Turkish) o Magical Fingers (all drum solo) Gypsy Caravan: Caravan Rhythms; Migration; Awakening (American band playing Middle Eastern/World music) Helm: Itneen: Tribal dances/tribal drums Lalezar: Music of the dancing boys; Music of the dancing boys II (Traditional Turkish) Turbo Tabla: Belly dance overdrive (Turkish band doing techno) Carmine Guida: Shake em up belly dance drum solos (all drum solo – Sara Skinner and Autumn Ward have vid.) Oojami: Bellydancing breakbeats (more techo-beat stuff) Solace: Vadalna, Satya, Iman, Ahsas (Mostly Middle Eastern-/North African–inspired World fusion) Light Rain: Dark Fire; Dream Suite; Dream Dancer; Valentine to Eden (Middle Eastern/Celtic inspired world fusion music) Brothers of the Baladi: Eye on the World: Middle Eastern inspired world fusion music Sound interesting? Join now and get 25 FREE Downloads from eMusic. No Restrictions - Own Your Music! Need some help getting started? browse Sedonia's emusic suggestions
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emusic.com -- An affordable way to get belly dance music

Home

About Nile Breeze

Book Your Event

Belly Dance Instruction

Schedule of Events

Media Gallery

Dance Resources

Contact Nile Breeze Dance

or call us at

618-924-7223

by Sedonia Sipes

I would like to promote emusic.com as a convenient, ethical, reputable, and affordable site to purchase a nice collection of Middle Eastern music suitable for belly dancing. This is NOT a file-sharing site. It is a totally legal way to purchase music to download. If you have a bank card, a computer and an internet connection you can buy 5-7 albums for about the cost of purchasing one CD (most belly dance CDs are $15-20). There are no restrictions on music files from emusic.com, you can copy them as many times as you want, and you can use them with your iPod, iTunes, or any other mp3 player or software. You can also burn the music to CDs. Disclaimers: I am an emusic affiliate; if you sign up for emusic via a link on this website, I will earn a very modest commission that I use to defray website expenses. I have also been a very satisfied emusic customer for several years.

There is a lot of good quality music on emusic.com, mostly smaller record labels. For belly dance music, your best bet is to browse the “international” section and then go to “Middle East”. For your convenience, I have compiled a list of artists and albums that I recommend – you can search by artist or album name to find these. New stuff becomes available on a regular basis, so there will be more good music in the future to add to this list. Arist is listed first, album name second. You can access a complete and more updated playlist directly on emusic webiste by clicking here

Ahmad Gibaly & Orchestra: The Soul of Cairo
Cairo Orchestra: A Tribute to Om Kalsoum
Egyptiskt Kulturcentrum Kairo Bazar - Mohammed Ali: Raks Sharki vol. 1
Hassan Abou El Seoud: Shik Shak Shok
Hossam Ramzy: Bedouin Tribal Dance, Source of Fire, Faddah, many others
Alabina: The very best of
Mohammed Al Asan Abo Abid: Master of Egyptian Belly Dance
Gizira Band: Ya Halawa
Yousri Sharif: Wash ya Wash volumes 1-6 Great classical Egyptian dance music!
Jalilah: Raks Sharki #6: In a Beirut Mood; Raks Sharki #3: Journey of the Gipsy dancer
Moktar al Said: Raks Sharki: Classical Egyptian Dance Music ( this is Raks Sharki #1 in Jalilah’s series) *note:Jalilah’s Raks Sharki series are MUST HAVES for Egyptian belly dance music.
Sami Nossair Orchestra: Beyond the desert: classical egyptian belly dance, Cairo Delight (very good)
Gamal Goma: Shake me ya gamal (very good; all drum solos, inc. the popular “Sahra Saiidi”)
George Abdo: The Art of Belly dancing; Joy of Belly dancing; The magic of belly dancing; Belly dance! The best of George Abdo (more MUST HAVE music – these are in the Arab-American genre)
Upper Egypt Ensemble: Egypt: A musical Journey (Egyptian classical and folkloric)
Phil Thornton/Hossam Ramzy Eternal Egypt; Immortal Egypt (new agey Arab-inspired world music)
Hakim: Talakik, Yaho, The Lion Roars (Arabic Pop)
Hamdi El-Khayyat: The Doom-Tek Project (all drum solo)
Sulukule: Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul (traditional Turkish Rom)
Natacha Atlas: Halim; Gedida; Best of Natacha Atlas; Diaspora; Ayeshteni (arabic/world pop)
Drum Circle (all drum solo)
Scott Wilson: Belly dance nights; Belly dance favorites; Casbah nights (American belly dance music)
Cairo Caravan: Belly dance with Dina (Egyptian belly dance music)
Various Artists:
o Electric Oasis: Exotic Arabian Grooves
o Essential Belly dance – Neena and Veena (mix of Arabic, Turkish, Greek and other belly dance music)
o Belly Dance Superstars (includes Egyptian belly dance, Arabic pop, and world fusion)
o Belly dance superstars II (ditto)
o Istanbul 1925 (traditional Turkish)
o Magical Fingers (all drum solo)
Gypsy Caravan: Caravan Rhythms; Migration; Awakening (American band playing Middle Eastern/World music)
Helm: Itneen: Tribal dances/tribal drums
Lalezar: Music of the dancing boys; Music of the dancing boys II (Traditional Turkish)
Turbo Tabla: Belly dance overdrive (Turkish band doing techno)
Carmine Guida: Shake em up belly dance drum solos (all drum solo – Sara Skinner and Autumn Ward have vid.)
Oojami: Bellydancing breakbeats (more techo-beat stuff)
Solace: Vadalna, Satya, Iman, Ahsas (Mostly Middle Eastern-/North African–inspired World fusion)
Light Rain: Dark Fire; Dream Suite; Dream Dancer; Valentine to Eden (Middle Eastern/Celtic inspired world fusion music)
Brothers of the Baladi: Eye on the World: Middle Eastern inspired world fusion music

Sound interesting? Join now and get 25 FREE Downloads from eMusic. No Restrictions - Own Your Music!

Need some help getting started? browse Sedonia's emusic suggestions

emusic.com -- An affordable way to get belly dance music

Contact Nile Breeze Dance

Located in Carbondale, Illinois