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Pharaoh's Daughter, led by Basya Schechter,
brings a concert of Middle Eastern,
Chasidic and folk-tinged tunes
to Congregation Beth Shalom.

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

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asya Schechter has traveled throughout the
Middle East, Africa and South America, but she
wasn't just looking for new sights to see. The for-
merly Orthodox performer was tracking down
new sounds to hear.
A singer-songwriter who sometimes accompanies herself
with guitar and other times brings groups of musicians to the
stage with her, Schechter punctuates Jewish
themes with the instruments and
ethnic beats of the countries
she's visited.
Schechter, born in
Brooklyn, formed the
group Pharaoh's
it
Daughter in 1995 to
present her original corn-
positions through a fusion
of world music. Besides
appearing in clubs around New
York and at Jewish music festivals, she travels in and out
of the United States for other bookings and will appear
7 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Congregation Beth Shalom
in Oak Park, where the community is invited to a free
program.
"The concert will be mostly from my sec-
ond album and what's going to be on my
fourth album," says Schechter, who
will be joined by Daphna Mor on
recorder and cornermuse,
Benoir on electric guitar,
Kemal Arsan on percussion-
hadgini, Tomer Tzur on
percussions and Patrice
Blanchard on bass.
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OUT OF THE REEDS on page 74

Basya Schechter of
Pharaoh's Daughter.