Bestelling Artists from Arab Classical on Calabash Music

Marcel Khalife

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Marcel Khalifé invents and creates original music, a novel world of sounds, freed of all pre-established rules. This language elevates him to the level of an ambassador of his own culture and to the vanguard of Near Eastern music in search of innovators.

Ahmed Mukhtar

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Ahmed Mukhtar's blessed fingers fashioning shades and shapes from his instrument that most people can only dream of.

Eliyahu Sills

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Marwan Abado

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Palestinian singer, composer and oud player.

Simon Shaheen

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

Simon Shaheen is a virtuoso and master of traditional Arab music...

Zein Al-Jundi

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

Made famous through numerous appearances on Syrian TV and in the concert halls of Damascus, Syrian native Zein Al-Jundi sings traditional music of her homeland.

The Musicians of the Nile

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

The Musicians of the Nile come from the heart of Upper Egypt. They bring traditional songs to life in the form of the epic, as well as the chaabi of the Sa' id region.

Oum Kalsoum (aka Umm Kulthum)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

Oum Kalthoum or Umm Kulthum is one of the most famous singers from Egypt of all times . . .

Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Akbar Moradi

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

Few musicians in any genre balance tradition and innovation with as much expressive grace as Kayhan Kalhor

Rami Khalife

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:24 -0600

Outerspatial sounds from present to future - the music of Rami Khalife