Brothers Of The Baladi
A Time Of Peace
A Time of Peace is an instrumental collection of Christmas songs performed on traditional Middle Eastern instruments by Brothers of the Baladi, in the true spirit of the holidays. If a cold desert night were bathed by the light of the crescent moon and a wisemans star, if the sounds of string, flute, and drum silenced the anxious cries of battle, it would be a night when warriors of different faiths would share the melodies of their homelands and of Holy Days long ago. It would be a night of harmony and a time of peace. The Brothers versions of Little Drummer Boy, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World, Deck the Halls, and The First Noel particularly stand out. No one has ever presented such a gorgeous collection of Middle Eastern instruments playing favorite holiday songs. Features Ishmael, master of the kanoon (an eighty-four-string Middle Eastern hammer dulcimer), as well as Stephen Skaggs on oud and Steve Flynn on Turkish ney (flute