[ngower]

So recently I've gotten into Swedish group, Taken By Trees' album inspired by a trip to Pakistan, called "East of Eden". It's an odd mix of the sunny Scandinavian electric pop and traditional Pakistani music. It has to be heard to understand. It's a very different sound to describe, at once foreign and unapproachable, while at the same time very modern and fresh.

YouTube - *Taken by Trees*To Lose Someone [Victoria Bergsman]

YouTube - Taken By Trees-Day By Day (East Of Eden)

YouTube - Taken By Trees - Watch The Waves

 

[Uncle Erik]

Though something else entirely, try Ali Farka Toure. He plays a fusion of traditional Malinese music with Delta Blues. It's both familiar and exotic; you should love him.

 

[ngower]

I have and I do.

 

[FalconP]

You may try Susheela Raman (Carnatic-trained singer based in the UK), in particular the album Salt Rain, and perhaps the album Mraya by Algerian artist Abdel Ali Slimani

 

[khaos974]

Or you may try some Yasmin Levy which is really beautiful, raw emotion in music, one may say.

Yasmin Levy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia