Fairouz: Maarifti Feek
Fairouz is a very famous Lebanese singer and I’ve been listening to lots of different tracks of hers over the past few years. But there’s some really great ones on this album, and it inspired my most recent record – not in a direct way, just that when you listen to something a lot, it gets in your head. This record took on a funky sound, which I think was a shift for Fairouz, as she started working with her son. The song “Li Beirut” is very moving to me right now, because of what’s going on in Lebanon. It’s like her love song to Beirut, written during the civil war, and it’s kind of devastating.
Julia Holter
(After the interview with her, thanks to Olaf for support, I looked out for this album, and though it cannot measure it with an immaculate Western production, such little limititations are easily transcended by the beauty and the power of the music.)
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Henning Bolte
This is indeed from the time of Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) that caused more than 150.000 fatalities and led to the exodus of 1 million people. Lebanon as multi-religion and multi-cultures state then was the opposite of its mono-religion neighbour.
A classic from that time is Rabih Abou-Khalil’s DREAM(ING) OF A DYING CITY. There is a variety of versions with different ensembles of RAK. Here the first version from the Enja-album ROOTS&SPROUTS (1990).
https://youtu.be/bZZtFXRaTYA?si=NH06HtCn04Fm9DPk
More versions to find on Youtube
Lajla
Ich liebe Fairuz. Die arabische Welt hört sie früh morgens, um glücklich durch den Tag zu kommen.