Gilgamesh – Tigris Nights (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2008) Gilgamesh, an innovative world music project, features the collaboration of two talented Iraqi musicians, Amir Saion and Hassan…
Barry – Mahdi – Saion – Naheddi (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2005) In 2005, the musical group consisting of Amir Saion, Hassan Mahdi, and Adama Barry came…
Yoni Avi Battat – Fragments (2022) “Fragments” is the first album by American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Yoni Avi Battat. The album includes a delightful…
Yoni Avi Battat is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer born in Woodbridge, Connecticut. He specializes in contemporary and traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe…
Eclectic music venue Joe’s Pub, in New York City, has announced the Habibi Festival’s full lineup of artists for its second annual edition, which will…
Composer, songwriter and ud player, Natik Awayez was born in southern Iraq. He grew up between Amarah and Baghdad. He learned ud from local musicians…
Even the instruments were beautiful at The World Music Institute’s presentation of Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj in concert at Merkin Hall on February 15th.…
Two masters of Middle Eastern string music, Iranian tar master Sahba Motallebi and Iraqi ud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj are set to on Saturday, February 15,…
Naseer Shamma was born in 1963 in Kut, a village on the Tigris River in Iraq. He began studying the ud at the age of…
Mohammad Gomar was born in Diala, Iraq. He has a degree in Musicology from the University of Baghdad. Mohammad Gomar founded and leads the Iraqi…