Belly dancing music?

Question

Ok, so I have a lot of non-traditional songs that I dance to, but what are some good Arabic and Indian songs for belly dancing?

Answer 1

i thikn her name is nancy arjam but she has some great songs

Answer 2

For Indian songs, this is a great cd:

Abdel Hazim: Tribal Bellydance

http://cdbaby.com/cd/abdel2

Answer 3

There are lots of possibilities. It depends upon what type of music you're looking for... classic/traditional, contemporary/in traditional style, or contemporary/current. Are you looking for something Turkish, Greek, Egyptian, Lebanese...??

Classic/Traditional

Omm Kolsoum/Umm Khulthum (many spelling variations)

George Abdo

Eddie “the Sheik” Kochak

Farid el-Atrache

Mohammed el-Bakkar

Contemporary music in traditional style

Emad Sayyah

Chalf Hassan

Hossam Ramzy

Mostafa Sax

Contemporary/Current

Hakim (very good, popular)

Amr Diab (very good, popular)

Tarkan (very good, popular)

Cheb Mami

Pe-Ko music

Sites for Middle Eastern music (there are audio clips for some tracks can help you find what you're looking for)

http://www.maqam.com/

http://www.tulumba.com/

http://www.buyarabic.com/

http://www.arabiatower.com/shop/index.ph...

http://www.aramusic.com/

http://www.eworldrecords.com/index.html

http://www.hossamramzy.com/

http://www.pyramidimports.com/index.html

http://www.istanbullife.org/

Good luck.

Answer 4

erm i can suggest 1 online radio station which plays them often - http://www.sqwila.com/

it's usually in french tho....