Heavy Friends
Saturday December 7th, 2024 with Heavy Lina/لينا
Let's not lose these beautiful cultures of the Middle East to Americanism and mass murder
Tonight’s show is all about celebrating Arabic music by incredible female artists from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia.
Mawal Introduction Sajida Obeid - Various : Choubi Choubi: Folk and Pop Sounds From Iraq - Sublime Frequencies (2013) |
Noss El Leil Zeina Haniyeh - دلالي - Perfect Production (1997) |
Dabka Asala Yousef - Dabka (Cover) - ? (2017) |
Hawa Ya Hawa Afaf rady - Hawa Ya Hawa - Soutelphan (1970) |
Bsaleh Abdallah Sabah - Ma'ala' Wa Mtalak / Bsaleh Abdallah 7" - ? |
Khaleek Hena Asala Nasri - A Night at the Opera - 2004 |
Liqaa Majazz Project / Palestinian Sound Archive - Al Fajer (The Dawn) - Majazz Project (2022) |
The song, Zahrat al-Mada'en by Fairuz, is one of the first Arabic-language songs to deal with Jerusalem in any detail, was immensely well-received, becoming an instant hit, the most popular of Fairuz's songs about Palestine,and one of the most celebrated songs of the Arab world . More information about the song found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahrat_al-Mada%27en |
Zahrat al-Mada'en Fairuz - Jerusalem In My Heart - Vois de L'Orient Series (1972) |
Ma Teolli Malak Nour El Houda - Nour El Houda Volume Two - Cairophon (1980) |
Qadk Almias Ibtisam Hilmi - خش في عبي / قدك المياس "7 - Sono Cairo (1967) |
Imla Wasqini Sonia M'Barek - Tawchih - ? (1997) |
Mawal El Ashak Sharifa Fadel - Sherifa Fadel - Soutelphan (1981) |
Kadni et Hawa Aya Metwalli & Calamita - Al Saher - Zehra (2023) |
Ma Badi Eyounak Najwa Karam - Greatest Hits Of... - EMI Music Arabia (2001) |
Hazihi Lailati O/Uum Kulthum* - Hazihi Lailati 7" - Sono Cairo (1969) |
*O/Umm Kulthum was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq ('Star of the Orient'). Immensely popular throughout the Arab World, Kulthum is a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt"and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Kulthum at number 61 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. |
Cheick Tolba Cheikha Rabia - Ana Hak - Virgin (1999) |
Background music Baligh Hamdi with the track The Wanderer from the Love Story (Orchestre) album |
Good evening Heavies, enjoy.
8:05 PM, December 7th, 2024