wanted: arabic music/female vocals/traditional/sparse instrumentation

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inspired by a performance i chanced upon recently. at first sight, it had all the potential to devolve into new age, but the opposite happened and i am compelled to hear more. i have no clue who the singer was, nor do i doubt that i will never find out, but that is another matter.

i am certain that there are plenty of examples that rhyme with the criteria in the title, but which ones... aren't exasperatingly self-conscious?

a short in the dark

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Saturday, 29 January 2005 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard an absolutely arresting song by a Sufi performer named Abida Parveen on the radio but I don't know which one it was. Might be the most beautiful song I've heard in a year.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 29 January 2005 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 29 January 2005 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

this might help - Oum Kalthoum, Om Kolthom, Om Kalsoum, Omm Kalsoum, Omme Kolsoum, Oom Koolsum, Oum Kalthoum, Oum Kalthum, Oum Kalsoum, Oum Kaltsoum, Oum Kolthoum, Oum Koulsoum, Oum Kulthum, Oum Kulthume, Um Kalthoum, Um Kolthoum, Umm Kulthum, Umm Kalsoum, Umm Kalthum, Ummu Kulthum, Umm Kulthume: Classic or Greatest Singer of the 20th Century?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 January 2005 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I just saw this.

I'm not sure what you mean by "exapseratingly self-conscious." I think there is something sort of self-consciously theatrical about a lot of Arabic singing. If you set up ILX Direct Connect Hub, I could make some suggestions and send things your way. (Otherwise I could send you a mix CDR, eventually.)

Do you know anything more about what you heard?

I'm thinking certain Fairouz recordings might be more the sort of thing you are looking for than Oum Kalthoum. Soiree Avec Fairuz would probably fit the bill, but unfortunately the sound quality is pretty bad. I think there was a tendency, especially in Egypt, for the success and status of the singer to translate into the size of the ensemble/orchestra accompanying them. Although it may just be that that larger orchestra sound became popular. There are some Oum Kalthoum things from the 40s in particular where the instrumental accompaniment is a little more sparse.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 29 January 2005 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder if it might have been Souad Massi (who isn't all that Arabic sounding really)?

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 29 January 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Abida Parveen is Pakistani.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 29 January 2005 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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