Thought of this thread tonight as I saw the play “The Band’s Visit” and the Israeli woman cafe owner sang a song called “Oum Kalthoum and Omar Sharif” and she and the Alexandria, Egypt Band leader quoted Sharif movie lines. The cafe owner mentioned grownup and hearing Kalthoum songs on the radio
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 July 2022 01:59 (one year ago) link
Growing up
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 July 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
My knowledge of Oum Kathoum music remains very superficial. Need to remedy that sometime
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 July 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link
Anyone know anything about this upcoming batch of LPs? Dunno if I'm in a position to buy them all, but they look pretty tempting:
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8965-alf-leila-wa-leilahttps://lightintheattic.net/releases/8966-el-hob-kollohttps://lightintheattic.net/releases/8967-enta-omrihttps://lightintheattic.net/releases/8968-laylat-hob
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/wexnercenter/esra-canogullari-8ulentinaand-lara-sarkissian-umm-al-atlal
UMM / AL ATLAL is a collaborative sound piece composed by Esra Canoğulları and Lara Sarkissian. This hour-long piece deconstructs and abstracts a live performance of Umm Kulthum's song Al Atlal. Umm Kultum was known for live performances that lasted hours, with individual songs lasting up to an hour each, the crowd participation playing an essential role in these durational and enchanting live shows. UMM / AL ATLAL takes a similar approach to abstraction as Sahar’s sculptural radio tower- isolating and embedding individual lyrics while reinterpreting their form. The collaborative nature of this sound sculpture is our contemporary version of the audience call and response participation that is present in all of Umm Kulthum’s live performances.
Esra Canoğulları (8ULENTINA)and Lara Sarkissian: UMM / AL ATLAL By wexnercenter is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
piece goes along with this exhibit- https://wexarts.org/exhibitions/sahar-khoury-umm
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 December 2023 04:36 (five months ago) link