Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky Format:1CD Almost Blue5

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Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky Format:1CD Almost Blue5ECM Records, 2025 Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which asks Where should the birds fly, after the last sky? Graceful chamber pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass subtly address the metaphysical question and its broad resonances in a troubled time. While drawing upon the traditional modes of Arab music, Brahem has consistently sought to engage with the