In this episode, Ivy and Max talk to Simone Salmon, an ethnomusicologist and musician who specializes in Sephardic, Ladino, and Ottoman music. They discuss music as a cross-cultural bridge, differences between Ottoman and Western musical styles, the Turkish makam, and the story of Simone's great-grandparents Isaac and Emily Sene.

Show notes:

- The first “Misirlu” clip is by Jack Mayesh.  http://www.sephardicmusic.org/labels/Mayesh/1367,1368.htm

- The book Simone mentions is by Benjamin Brinner, Playing across a Divide: Israeli-Palestinian Musical Encounters (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)

- Music at a restaurant in contemporary Turkey: Tonoz Kumkapı Restaurant Meyhane Fasıl Canlı Müzik

- Selda Bagcan, "Sari Gelin,"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgb764iB_4&ab_channel=SeldaBa%C4%9Fcan

- Simone's radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/simoneharp/

- You can view a performance of Simone's ensemble at the 2022 ucLadino conference here: https://youtu.be/cwMTBiqETY4?t=26102

Podcast Credits:

Music by KJ.

Logo design by Rebecca Daniel Mottley.

Audio Post-Production Services provided by Stampede Studios, Inc.

Special Thanks to Ben Arnold.

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