On Little Earth, Rahim AlHaj set out to create a musical confluence, a caravanserai for artists from around the globe. The artistic gesture of the album emerges from the fact that humanity numbers

Little Earth

On Little Earth, Rahim AlHaj set out to create a musical confluence, a caravanserai for artists from around the globe. The artistic gesture of the album emerges from the fact that humanity numbers nearly seven billion, all inhabitants of this our home, a place he came to call Little Earth . So, Rahim built a musical meeting place on Little Earth of newly composed works. Each composition needed to speak from its own singular identity, from its center. Each musical partner had to remember a musical birthplace. Every one of these deep-reaching musicians was given opportunity to voice his or her mind and heart in a musical conversation with Rahim, then each returned to a place much like where they began. Return is always homeward. Home is always somewhere on Little Earth a very small place in the vastness of space. This is world music of the first order. On these 2-CDs, a project two years in the making, Rahim gathers together around his oud and compositions collaborators from not only different cultures, but different genres to present his vision of our. Featuring some of the most renowned players from every corner of Little Earth, including guitarist extraordinaire Bill Frisell, indie rock royalty Peter Buck, Native American renaissance man and multi-grammy winner Robert Mirabal, Cape Verde diva Maria De Barros, Chinese pipa virtuoso Liu Fang, Argentina's acclaimed Santa Fe Guitar Quartet, world-renowned percussionist Glen Velez and many more.

Little Earth