Mor Karbasi

Mor Karbasi was born in 1986 in Jerusalem

Mor Karbasi was born in Jerusalem on April 23, 1986. Her father is of Iranian descent and her mother, Shoshana, a poet and children's author, comes from a family of Moroccan origin. Her family name means "canvas" in Persian.

Ladino music, the language and songs of the Jews exiled from Spain and Portugal, is one of her main projects. She sings traditional songs and also writes her own material. Her repertoire also includes European and Latin American folk, Andalusian music and piyyutim.

She has toured Europe and the United States and performed at Trafalgar Square in London in 2006 and 2007. She appeared at the Womad Festival in 2007 and at Celtic Connections in 2009, and on French TV and BBC radio. Her first album, The Beauty and the Sea, was recorded in London and reviewed in The Guardian.

After five years in London, she moved to Seville, Spain, in 2012. In 2017 she joined the Swiss world music band Beyond and took part in its album Awakening. She is married to guitarist Joe Taylor.