Ventanas's lyrics & chords

Sephardic Jews and Flamenco gypsies from Spain, led by singer/dancer Tamar Ilana from Toronto, and members of her group Ventanas. Tamar grew up performing and accompanying her mother, ethnomusicologist Dr. Judith Cohen, on countless fieldwork expeditions to the most remote hamlets and villages. Together, they collected songs from Crypto-Jewish, Sephardic and Gypsy communities in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco and the Balkans that were in danger of extinction and performed them throughout Europe and North America. Tamar also studied fl...read more