Tag: Eyal El Wahab
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Shiran breathes new life into traditional Yemeni wedding song ‘Ya Banat Al Yemen’ for new album ‘Glsah Sanaanea…’ for Batov Records
Shiran delivers a contemorary redo of a classic Yemeni song, the lead single for her new album Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran, following her self-titled debut album in 2018 – an LP that saluted her cherished family home of Yemen, singing songs in both Arabic and Hebrew, from her base in Tel Aviv. Here’s the new…
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El Khat’s DIY debut album ‘Saadia Jeffereson’ is out tomorrow on Batov Records – musicians from four countries fuse Yemeni tradition
El Khat are a four piece formed in Tel Aviv and hail from Iraq, Poland, Morocco and Yemen. Named after the leaf chewed throughout Yemen, the band produce a musical hybrid of Yemeni traditions and are led by inventor, carpenter, musician and composer Eyal El Wahab. On debut album Saadia Jeffereson, El Khat delve into uncharted sonic territory using…
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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…