I've been trying to find songs with a certain distinction to them. The best example I have at my disposal is in the song, 'Desert Rose'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg Especially from 2:40-2:45. That's what I'm talking about. It's usually female vocals that sound like what I'm looking for though. I love the "Middle Eastern"ish sounding vocals in any song. I was wondering if there was a name for it because I've been trying to find other songs like it to add to my iTunes. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I was looking around and it appears that Cheb Mami's genre is Raï There's information about that here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raï There's also a list of genres here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_music