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Growing up in a Hasidic community, Basya Schechter heard music all around her\\u2014not rock music or even folk\\u2014but religious nigguns, or tunes. There were the zmirot\\u2013songs sung after Sabbath meals; the communal singing at Hanukkah; the prayers recited in unison in holiday liturgies. In her late teens, Schechter abandoned that world and its music. After college, she traveled extensively through the Middle East and North Africa and learned to play instruments from the region like the darbuka and oud. In 1998, Schechter formed the band Pharaoh\\u2019s Daughter, which ventured into all sorts of musical genres.

Now with Pharaoh\\u2019s Daughter Schechter...

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