Encountered this gem of a CD by Yasmin Levy who sings in a language that is 400 years old (Ladino) and on the verge of extinction (only 200,000 speakers of it exist in this world). It was initially "Spanish", but Spanish as was spoken 400 years ago when the Jews (Sephardic) were given a choice of leaving, converting to Christianity or being killed.
Many escaped to the New World: Trinidad, Jamaica - where even there they had to sometimes "hide" their Jewishness.
Yasmin sings out like a songbird released to the wild. Her father was a cantor (alas, died when she was only 1 yr. old) but she continued in the tradition.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/11/134361286/yasmin-levy-rearranging-the-past
You can buy her CD or MP3 on Amazon.com. To me her haunting voice reminds me of "Fado" music of Portugal......it will move you!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Sentir-Yasmin-Levy/dp/B0039208LC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299883347&sr=8-1
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