Pharaoh's Daughter is an American Jewish world music band from New York City. Formed in 1995 by Basya Schechter.
History Basya Schechter formed Pharaoh's Daughter in 1995 while attending Barnard College. The band's name is a reference to Schechter's given name, a Yiddish variant of the Biblical daughter of Pharaoh, Bithiah. They debuted in 1999 with the independent album Daddy's Pockets and were signed to Knitting Factory Records later that year. The label then released the band's second album, Out of the Reeds (2000). Their 2014 album Dumiyah was produced by Jamshied Sharifi and featured contributions from Steven Bernstein, Shir Yaakov Feit, Adam Levy, Mauro Refosco, and Marcus Rojas.
Group members have been involved in a variety of other notable projects. In particular, Basya Schechter has released two solo albums and has performed with the groups Darshan and The Epichorus.
Musical style Pharaoh's Daughter's sound draws from American folk, Jewish klezmer, avant-garde, new-age, Renaissance, electronic, and Middle Eastern music.
Band members
Current Basya Schechter — lead vocals, guitar, oud, saz, percussion Daphna Mor — recorders, zurna, ney, melodica, vocals Meg Okura — violin Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz — bass Yuval Lion — drums Jason Lindner — rhodes piano, keys Mathias Kunzli — percussion Uri Sharlin — accordion, vocals
Former
Benoir - guitar, vocals Daniel Freedman — drums Noah Hoffeld — cello Alan Kashan — santur Jen Gilleran: tabla, vocals Martha Colby: cello, vocals Jarrod Cagwin: percussion (frame drums, clay drums, dumbek) Tracey Love-Wright: flute, clarinet, crumhorn, vocals
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Discography Daddy's Pockets (Orchard, 1999) Out of the Reeds (Knitting Factory, 2000) - rereleased on Tzadik in 2004 Exile (Knitting Factory, 2002) Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov Tzadik, 2003 The song "Anakhnu lo rakdanim" (we're not dancers) 5:01https://www.klezmershack.com/bands/argov/music/argov.music.html Haran (OY, 2007) Dumiyah (Magenta, 2014)
References
External links Official Website
Pharaoh's Daughter on MySpace