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Enrico Macias' Voyage d'une Melodie is a wonderful album in the genre of world music. There are songs from Jewish tradition, east and west, Kabyle, (Algerian Berber), North African Arabic, and of course,French chansons. The theme that ties them all together is the voyage of melody -- a song starts in one culture and then, travels on its own. The first song, "Tu n'es pas seul au monde" (You are not alone in the world) is from the Chassidic tradition, closely related to another Ashkenazic (Eastern European Jewish) song, "Lehaim Encore Un Verre" (Raise another glass, L'Hayim -- To Life!), a wedding song with a wonderful klezmer back beat. Sephardic tradition of the Judeo-Spanish kantika variety from the late Ottoman Empire is represented in the classic "Adio Kerida" (Good-bye my love). "Adio Kerida" is not your usual love song. A young man laments that his beloved has made life bitter for him and he no longer cares to live! He is knocking on other doors and looking for a new love, someone new to adore. Macias is joined by the Israeli singer Yasmin Levy for "Mi Corason" which is done in a Flamenco style, and where the story revolves around a young man who is standing below the window of his beloved (hoping to see her) but he is increasingly frustrated and tired of playing the guitar! He lives to see her "linda kara" (beautiful face), of which he never tires. "Ne Dis Pas" is an old Yiddish song from the composer Hirsh Glick, a partisan song sung by the Jewish fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 and popular in the 1960s on the cantorial circuit as a memorial to their bravery. It is sung in a beautiful arrangement in French on this album. Algerian Jewish tradition is represented by "Shalom Aleikhem" -- the hymn with which all Jews, east and west, welcome the sabbath. It is sung, here, using an Algerian nusach (melodic structure --- or makam/ maqam) and as a duet with the cantor Daniel Levi. One of Macias' most famous songs, "Paris Tu M'as Pris dan Tes Bras" (Paris, you have taken me in your arms) is sung on this album as a duet with the famous folksinger, Theodore Bikel in Yiddish, a nice surprise. The North African songs include a duet is with Idir, "Snitra," as well as the rhythmic "Yalali," and "Taht'el Fil Yasmn." "De Loin" (From Afar) is the song from which perhaps this album gets its title, "voyage of a melody"--
"It comes from afar, this air, this song, both sad and magical, that transports me....." Finally "La Nuit" (the Night) is a song that you cannot forget. It has a rap, hip hop refrain in English, (Night Falls, Day Breaks....) but the dancing flames of candles in the shadows of a winter's night redden the earth, the flames dance like a dancer in a salon. In summary, this is an album full of rich and memorable melodies that will travel with you. Since it arrived chez moi, I have listened to it every day, being transported by the melodies and the exquisite performances of Enrico Macias and his friends. Vive Maestro Macias! Vidas largas y buenas (A long and good life to you!).
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