Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival featuring Tareq Abboushi & Malika Zarra
Hear this show now:
RealAudio
|
Add or read comments
Tareq Abboushi, seated with buzuq, and his group Shusmo.
In March, 2008 the Brooklyn Arts Council is presented the Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival. A plethora of Arab music traditions are represented in Brooklyn: The festival featured locally-based artists from across the Arab world.
Malika Zarra, from NJ by way of France and Morocco. 
On this show we get a sneak preview of the festival, with guests:
- Tareq Abboushi, a fine young player of the buzuq, a long-necked lute that’s a cousin of the Greek bouzouki. Abboushi leads the NY-based quintet Shusmo and also has composed music for film - including a couple of Jonathan Demme soundtracks. Shushmo’s debut CD One is available via http://cdbaby.com/cd/shusmo.
- Malika Zarra, a talented young vocalist from Southern Morocco via France, who fuses Moroccan Berber (her mom’s roots) and Gnawa influences with Egyptian shaabi, French pop and jazz. Zarra released her first cd On the Ebony Road (available via http://cdbaby.com/cd/malikazarra) in 2006. After the Maqam festival, she’s off to tour Europe with Gino Sitson’s a capella ensemble Vocal Deliria.
- Nicole Macotsis, Brooklyn Arts Council’s Folk Arts Associate (and a professional dancer) who will provide a festival overview.
Web:
Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival: http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/64
Brooklyn Arts Council: http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org
Tareq Abboushi and Shusmo: http://www.shusmo.com
Malika Zarra:
http://www.myspace.com/malikazarra
and
http://www.malikazarra.com
Listings of the festival events are also included in Rob’s concert page, http://www.wfmu.org/world
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)Simon Shaheen: Sama'i Kurd / Performs Masterworks of the Middle East / CMP /
Simon Shaheen: Bashraf Farahfaza / Performs Masterworks of the Middle East / CMP /
Tareq Abboushi:
Improvisation on the buzuq
/
Live at WFMU
Shusmo: Pouvoir / One /
Malika Zarra: Run / On the Ebony Road /
Ahmed Alrodin and Isaac Gutwilik: Sanani Dance /
Fahim Dandan: Pop song (original) /
Fahim Dandan: Wedding Processional (Zeffa) /
Safaafir: Maqam Nawa / Maqams of Baghdad /
Zikrayat: Tableau from the film "Ruined Honeymoon" / Live at Lotus /
Samuel Thomas: Marrakesh Rumble / Asefa /
Badakshan Ensemble: Rapo / Song and Dance of the Pamir Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways / *
Lunasa: Island Pady / The Kinnitty Sessions / Compass Records /
Lo Jo: Under ze Fire / Fils de Zamal / WMD /
Balkan Beat Box: Bulgarian Chicks / Balkan Beat Box / JDub /
Roksonaki: Ne Shaman / Roksonaki /
Zaleha Hamid: Keluar Masuk / Dangdut Bang / P-Vine /
Benedicte Maurseth and Knut Hamre: Huldreslattar etter Eirik Medas / Rosa i Botnen / Heilo / *
Kakande: Mali Sadjo / Dununya / Jumbie / *
Playlists feed