Kenny hits the spot if they really want to find Bin Laden Oct 24, 2009
And have you ever heard a rocking oud riff followed by an interminable darbuka solo while you are stuck between two fat blokes up the back of a smoky room ... Frankly, you wouldn't need to threaten me with hours of loud music, you would just have to get Richard ''The Love God'' Mercer to announce that he has some atmospheric Celtic tosh on the turntable for Bazza in Cell 3 from Charmaine in Sadr City who misses you and the beard rash you gave her that Ramadan and I'd tell you where were you... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Multi-instrumental Oct 16, 2009
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* [THE WEEKENDER] Migration Music Festivals grand opening concert ends on a high note Oct 5, 2009
When I arrived, Oren Fried and Armand Sabach of the Kol Oud Tof Trio from southern Israel were holding the audience rapt. Despite the poor weather, there was clearly a core of supporters who were there to stay. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Migration puts the world in world music Sep 25, 2009
There will also be musical lectures by Nityalila Saulo, Lo Cor de la Plana, Lin Sheng-xiang and Kol Oud Tof ADMISSION: Free ... Kol Oud Tof draws on the musical traditions of Israel, Morocco and memories of the Arab expansion into the Iberian peninsula to create its own unique sound, while Habib Koite from Mali is noted for a pan-Malian musical sound. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Carlisle offers day, night of Celtic festivities Sep 6, 2009
Along with a 3 p.m. performance from Cherish the Ladies, the festival also offers half-hour performances from other bands and dance groups, including the Coyle School of Irish Dance, Irishtown Road, Scottish Country Dancers, Martin Family Band, Danaher oud and Cormorants Fancy ... 3:45 to 4:30 Danaher oud ... 11 to 11:30 Danaher oud. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Even Eno was dancing at Taha's party Jun 3, 2009
Ensuring the exotic elements were not entirely lost were Hakim Hamadouche, who played mandolute (a fretted cousin of the North African oud), and Rachid Belgacem, who played popping rhythms on darabukka. Unfortunately the sound mix often had the mandolute swamped by Yves Aouizerate's keyboards and Stephane Bertin's electric guitar, and the percussion obliterated by Guillaume Rossel's drumming. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stability lets Basra, a city of poets, return to its roots May 9, 2009
The announcer picks up a traditional Arabic oud to accompany them. In this city, with its crumbling beauty and centuries of culture, the poetry and music that were driven underground when the militias were in charge are beginning to blossom again. (Christian Science Monitor)
Nazareth hopes pope's visit will boost tourism May 5, 2009
This should be the place, local entrepreneurs and officials say, where foreign visitors and Israelis come to enjoy Arab food, hear a traditional oud concert and explore northern Israel's Galilee region. Christians regard the area as the setting of Jesus's ministry and initial miracles. (MSNBC -- International)
After Iraq's civil war, lessons in civility Apr 28, 2009
BILAL ABBASS, WHO PLAYS THE oud, tells the class he was the only survivor among four friends gunned down in Dora three years ago. For a year after the shooting he stayed in his room. (Christian Science Monitor)
Late start to retirement saving Apr 19, 2009
The singer-songwriter no longer needs to purchase new instruments, since his collection - which includes guitars, a mandolin, a keyboard, and a Turkish string instrument called an oud - is pretty complete. And he has the flexibility to take on another design client. (Boston Globe)
Even After Exile, Palestinian Musician Vows to Play On Apr 4, 2009
The trip had provoked the wrath of Zakaria Zubeidi, head of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the area. Zubeidi banished Younis from Jenin, forcing the closure of the music school where she had spent the last six years teaching Palestinian teenagers to play the violin, the Oud and drums. (Time.com)
10 of the many Bay Area dance innovators Mar 10, 2009
His list of musical collaborators since the founding of Lines Ballet in 1982 includes tabla master Zakir Hussain, oud master Hamza El Din, saxophone legend Pharoah Sanders and a tribe of Central African Pygmies. San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* Rock n roll dombra Mar 6, 2009
When plucked, it sounds somewhat similar to the oud, an Arabic lute, and echoes the hints of Middle Eastern melodies found in Kazakh music. Ten years ago, Ahmethan wouldnt have imagined that he would still be playing the dombra. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Correa curbs imports as crisis looms Mar 3, 2009
Posters plastered on the walls of supermarket chains across this Andean nation proudly declare "Ecuador First." But for many shoppers, buying domestic is no longer really a matter of choice ... The Kennedy Center's wide-ranging Arab arts festival with dance, drama, song, acrobatics, whirling dervishes, slapstick, oud players, a children's choir and hip-hop artists all offered in just the first of its three weeks is a savory feast of performing arts from throughout the Arab-speaking... (Insight on the News)
* Making music not war, in Baghdad Mar 2, 2009
At the institute, students play the Middle Eastern lute or oud, sitting along the rim of a now dry fountain ... But as before, they all hope to follow in the footsteps of Iraqs late Munir Bashir, a founder of the institute known as the Emir of the Oud for his rendition of the maqam or traditional Arab music ... Sometimes my family worries, but at least these days I can go out with my oud and not be afraid. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
A pop polemicist with time on his side Feb 27, 2009
Ask him about the genesis of the song, and point out how it seems to anticipate the Bush era in the Middle East, and Browne, rather than talking about his own politics, says: "When we play the song now Mark Goldenberg [the band's guitarist] plays his guitar like an oud. It is unmistakably Middle Eastern.". Then he recounts the story of how his two female backing singers are members of a South Central Los Angeles black American choir, the Levite Camp, which wanted to record the song after the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Costello chipper but Turnbull no turn-up Feb 20, 2009
Browne told the Herald music writer Bruce Elder in Sydney yesterday: "When we play the song now, Mark Goldenberg [the band's guitarist] plays his guitar like an oud. It is unmistakably Middle Eastern.". COMFORT READING. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
1,001 reasons to see this show Feb 10, 2009
An eclectic mix of over 30 instruments from cow bells to a stringed instrument called an oud, the music effectively reflected the customs and traditional sounds of the Middle Eastern world. Along with traditional music, Middle Eastern dance customs were also successfully represented. (University News, MO)
