Tag: Arabic
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Sharhabil Ahmed is once again crowned ‘The King of Sudanese Jazz’ – on Habibi Funk compilation released next month – it’s jazz, but not as you may know it!
The 13th release from the tastemakers at Habibi Funk is another example from the golden age of Sudanese music – Sharhabil Ahmed’s musical excursions, on a compilation entitled The King of Sudanese Jazz. Sharhabil won the actual title of ‘The King…’ in a competition in the early 1970s. Put your expectations of jazz to one…
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El Khat play invented instruments creating pan-Arabic braindance – second single ‘Balagh Al Achbaab’ drops ahead of November album ‘Saadia Jefferson’
El Khat are an exciting prospect and are redefining Arabic music and Yemeni culture, with Western harmonies and compositions on instruments made out of junk. The second single by El Khat – and Yemeni inventor, carpenter and music producer Eyal El Wahab – is Balagh Al Achbaab from the debut album Saadia Jefferson on Batov Records. Recorded in Eyal’s…
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Habibi Funk drop title track from first ever record by Kamal Keila
There will be plenty more on WTM about the fantastic Kamal Keila in due course, being the next eagerly anticipated installment on Habibi Funk. Today the label drops the title track from this forthcoming gem. Kamal Keila sung about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians, and the fate of war orphans. Listen: Backed…
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