ABSTRACT
Working on this collection has been like going on a voyage with my family – both past and present. I grew up singing many of these songs during Sabbaths and festivals in the company of the extended family, in a sociable atmosphere of camaraderie and enjoyment. My experience of the repertoire is of a tradition that travelled from Baghdad to Bombay (today’s Mumbai) and now to the UK. It continues to be informed by performance practice of the tradition elsewhere, for example, in Israel, in an age when information is rapidly and easily disseminated.
