"This album presents some of the diverse sounds that can be heard across the Mediterranean area, including raï, flamenco, rebétika and Sephardic music. Sampling the music of Algeria, Spain, France, Israel, Lebanon, Greece, Turkey, Sardinia, Albania, Italy, Corsica, Palestine, Morocco and Egypt, this album travels the ancient routes that the merchants of yesteryear navigated"--Booklet p. [3].

Compact disc. Program notes and biographical notes on the performers inserted in container.

Bienvenue/Abiadi /Maurice El Médioni -- (5:40) -- Guadalquivir / Barrio Chino -- (4:51) -- Perla de la medina / Javier Ruibal -- (3:49) -- Yo en la prizion = -- Me in prison / Yasmin Levy -- (6:15) -- Trikni rouh' / Nawal El Zoghby -- (4:05) -- Miazis ke si sa thalassa / Eleftheria Arvanitaki -- (4:55) -- Özgürlük tutkusu / Grup Yorum -- (2:54) -- Ra faja / Eda Zari -- (4:54) -- Astrolicamus / Andrea Parodi -- (5:25) -- Terras de canto / Lucilla Galeazzi -- (5:01) -- Swing 98 / Romane -- (2:49) -- Canti suminati / I Campagnoli -- (4:10) -- Dance Mediterranea / Simon Shaheen & Qantara -- (6:27) -- Nour el anouar / Jil Jilala -- (6:42) -- Anta ma qoltsh leih / Amr Diab -- (3:38) -- Kima bekkani n'bekkih / Abdou -- (4:20).