Tag: Oum Kalthoum

• ‘The Voice of Egypt’ lives on – pioneer and icon Umm Kulthum (Om Kalsoum) – on remastered double vinyl drop via the devoted Souma Records

  

  Umm Kulthum is an internationally famous Egyptian singer and has two of her classic works reissued by Souma Records this month. Ubiquitous across the Arab World as a singer-songwriter and film actor of the 1930s to the 1970s, she has had many accolades and tributes paid – known as ‘Kawkab al-Sharq’ (‘Star of the East’)…

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  May 21, 2023

  Middle East, Uncategorized

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• Omar Khorshid kicks off 2021 for Wewantsounds – this reissue of collector’s classic ‘We Want Love’ is an instrumental masterpiece, by one of the greatest guitarists ever

  Omar Khorshid is one of the greatest guitar players of the Arab world – so naturally, one of the best to pick up the instrument and grace our planet – and this much needed reissue of We Want Love is a must from Wewantsounds. The label’s Arabic series of albums has grown very consistently, blessing our…

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  January 8, 2021

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