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6 days ago · At times Youssef's voice achieves the ecstatic intensity of the late Pakistani qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, at others it suggests the winsome vulnerability of the late electric troubadour Jeff Buckley. He sounds by turns beatific and scary, caressing and chilling, alternating lustrous tenor passages with tortured, almost weeping, falsetto.
Sep 6, 2024 · 2,045 likes, 47 comments - dhaferyoussef on September 6, 2024: "“ Tunisian oud player-singer Youssef has proved two things over the best part of two decades: That, firstly, he, like the best bandleaders, can assemble the most effective, often international collaborators. And secondly, his overall creative drive remains undimmed. ” 퐉퐚퐳퐳퐰퐢퐬퐞".
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3 days ago · The songwriter and poet from Regent Park grapples with questions of faith and rootedness on "Dunya," an album that draws influence from North American folk, traditional Middle Eastern music and
2 days ago · The album marks the intersection of Mustafa’s art and activism, the latter of which has most notably seen him produce two installments of his Artists For Aid concert series in New Jersey and London this year, featuring the likes of 070 Shake, Blood Orange, Clairo, Daniel Caesar, Earl Sweatshirt, Faye Webster, FKA twigs, King Krule, Nicolas Jaar, Nick Hakim, Omar Apollo, Ramy Youssef, Stormzy, Yasiin Bey and more, in addition to Mustafa himself.
4 days ago · I, and others of my generation, developed a habit of standing still, listening silently, trying to detect the faintest sound in the sky of approaching Israeli aircraft so we could immediately rush down to our underground shelters. These sounds—of planes, and the explosions that followed them—left a lasting effect on my hearing.
3 days ago · Mustafa praised Dua Lipa ‘s activism during a listening session for his second album last night (September 25), telling her “it’s our responsibility as artists to hold up a mirror to our ...
Sep 7, 2024 · Even in the realm of historical performance style, you can find trouvère poems set to shoegaze rock and Beatles songs rendered by a Baroque orchestra. But much more intriguingly, in my view, is what happens when you look at Negro spirituals through the lens of historical performance practice.
