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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival featuring Tareq Abboushi & Malika Zarra
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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 / *

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