Sohrab of Obits sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Recently I've been listening a lot to Les Archives De La Musique Arabe by Asmahan . She was born in Syria, but grew up in Egypt. I first heard of her because she sang Mohammed Abdel Wahab songs, who I'd become familiar with through Simon Shaheen 's recordings on the [...]
Hight time for Wild Weekend #14. A special number that, as it´s the dorsal Johan Cruijff got famous with. Pele, Best, Beckenbauer, Maradona, Van Basten, Romario, Zidane and Maldini, to name but a few, were all downright amazing players and young Messi is currently in mouthwatering form, but Johan still gets my vote as the best footy player ever. Wasn´t too bad as a coach either. No wonder he just got appointed as honorary president of FC Barcelona. Anyway, on to the music now. Curious to hear what the iPod´s shuffle thingy has lined [...]
Filed under: Around the World It's a dream match: The creamy, husky voice of Cape Verdean singer Césaria Evora -- one of the essential world music artists of the last couple of decades - bathed in the orchestrations of Cairo composer Fathy Salama . His work with another international star, Senegal's Youssou N'Dour , transformed the 2004 album 'Egypt' into one of the most celebrated (and controversial, as documented in the 2008 film ' I Bring What I Love ') releases of recent years. This [...]
The great Umm Kulthum, which is often spelled in the western world as Om Khalsoum or derivations thereof, was known as the star of the east and the diva of Arab song. Bob Dylan once remarked that "she is one of my favorite singers of all time, and I don´t understand a word she sings..." Kulthum (1904-1975) had an amazing vocal range in her prime, and is still incredibly popular almost everywhere they speak Arabic. Call her the middle-eastern female equivalent of Elvis and you wouldn´t be far off. Not just in Egypt, her country of origin, but from Morocco to [...]
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