If They Play It, It Will Come: Eliyahu & the Qadim Ensemble with "Im Nin'alu"

Eliyahu & the Qadim Ensemble brings us Im Nin'alu as our random tune for today. From San Francisco, Eliyahu & the Qadim Ensemble features instrumentation such as the ney, oud, Arabic percussion, baglama saz, divan saz and persian sitar, and they feature Arabic, Jewish, Turkish Sufi, Hebrew-Yemenite, Armenian, Ladino and Moroccan music in their repertoire. "Qadim" is a word found in both Arabic and Hebrew and means both "ancient" and "that which will come." Im Nin'alu can be found on their 2014 CD Eastern Wind.

Lebanese Underground: Yasmin Hamdan and "Hal"

Yasmine Hamdan, a Lebanese/French artist, brings today's random song for the day. Hal can be found on Hamdan's 2013 CD Ya Nass. She became well known as part of the duo Soap Kills, which was one of the first independent electronic bands in the Middle East, and it cemented her status as an underground music icon in the Arab world. Ya Nass is her first solo album. It blends pop, folk and electronic sounds with melodies and lyrics inspired by various Middle Eastern traditions. She also sings in a variety of Middle Eastern langugages. In this video she performs Hal in a cameo appearance in the Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston.