May 2012
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In Memory: Warda al Jazairia — وردة الجزائرية...
DOSSIER: Culture
Her voice was one that resonated with many of our younger years, whether we were old enough to see her performances on television or buy her records, or simply have her voice played by our parents in the car on in the living room. It is hard not to mention her name and not hum a little melody of hers or even sing a few words.
She dedicated her life to music, leaving her home...
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آيـــةٌ Aya — Omrak Maraakeb عمرك مراكب
DOSSIER: New Media
Music Wednesdays — I don’t post a lot of acoustic guitar stuff on here, but there are many, many people across the Arab region (and everywhere else) playing guitar to accompany their beautiful voices.Its easy to share that simple beauty of a string instrument and a song with friends, in concert, and alone in your room with a head full of thoughts and a notebook full of...
تحت العشرين - فرقة الاصدقاء
DOSSIER: New Media
Music Wednesdays — There was that special sound in the Arab region about thirty years ago—where disco, post-nationalist boredom, serious synthesiser love, large collars and pant legs, raciness in song lyrics and in substandard [trashy] film narratives all came together. It probably sounded a bit like this song on youthfulness:
Firqat al Asdiqaa’ (The Band of Friends)...
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Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Mahragan el Balla3at - مهرجان...
DOSSIER: New Media
Music Wednesdays — I have a very obvious soft spot for sha’abi stuff. The dynamic well of energy and communicability is fascinating to me, and so important if one wants to make music that communicates. Here Tamer Abu Ghazaleh does exactly what I like, which is to use more avant garde, contemporary production with a sha’abi approach/influence (a pretty discernable...
