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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, thanks for sharing all this...
a friend of mine, in south texas, her mom taught me about
Oum Kalthoum, i really loved to listen to her...
had many other various favorites, but never knew who the songs
were by, as, they were just old tapes, that were shared with me...
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newport
Sport climber
UK
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This thread reminds me of something a Syrian friend told me a couple of years back, about an American woman who entered "Arab's got Talent" singing Oum Kalthoum songs, despite not speaking a word of Arabic. He said she was so good that his mother was in tears watching it. The singer's name was Jennifer Grout - she is on youtube (sorry cant work the link function)
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2015 - 01:16pm PT
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Thanks for the awesome bump you guys!
I'm always blown away and pleased when an old thread gets dredged up!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 16, 2016 - 11:28am PT
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During my time in recording studios I had the good fortune to have Miles Copland (brother of Stuart and once manager of Sting) as a regular client. He is a leading producer and promoter of Middle Eastern music around the world. I got to work with Egyptian Rai musicians like Cheb Mami and superstars like Chaled. But I will never forget the Palestinian virtuoso of the oud and violin, Simone Shaheen. Here’s a track from "Blue Flame" (2001,) one of his albums for which I was mastering engineer.
I have some crazy stories about Miles Copland, but they are for the campfire. If you remember the early Sting film "Dream of Blue Turtles" you’ll remember the scene where they are rehearsing in a huge arena in Paris, and the base player is having trouble with a lick. He tells Sting that he doesn’t like it and wants to play something different. Sting says no, the base player digs in. Miles stands up and yells at him “So tell me this, if I fire you and get a new bass player right now, how many people tomorrow night are going to want their money back?” Miles Copland is formidable.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 16, 2016 - 01:34pm PT
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^^^ Beautiful.
The Simone Shaheen track is not authentic, although he can be. Manoochehr Sadeghi is pretty dialed in though.
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I know. Unadulterated spray... :-)
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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The oud and the kora are two of my favorite instruments. Amazing sounds.
I was fortunate to hear Simon Shaheen at Womad around 2000. He has done some good work with Bill Laswell
Check out Rabih Abou Khalil's arabic/jazz fusion music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysxv8dc4ru4
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