Various Artists
Dabke from Raqqa
SIDE A
- Garrab Khrab el Denia (The End of the World is Near)
- Lebs el Makhmal ma Yelbag (Wearing Velvet Doesn't Suit You)
- Hess el Zammara Yelali (The Voice of Zammara is Loud)
- Kol el Hala Blzein
SIDE B
- Hala Aini Ya Bnayya (Welcome My Dear girl)
- Wallah lafassel saya + Mawwal (I Will Design a Robe + Mawwal)
- Eshbalani Eshbalani (Why Was I Afflicted?)
- Eini Ala El Gharaba (My Eyes Are On the Crow)
Ref No: 0080
Genres: dabke folk zammara
Decade: 2000
Label
Al-Asmar
Artist Origin
Ar-Raqqah, Syria
Credits
Al-Asmar music band (managed by: Ismael Assaf)
Recording and Sound Engineering: Issam Assaf
Singers: Yussef Hamza, Bashar Assaf, Fawaz Al-Rashid, Yussef Hussein Hassan, Abdel Baset Muhammad.
Keyboard: Momtaz Ismael
More Info
A selection of non-stop Dabke sets performed live by a number of singers from the city of Raqqa. The tape is almost a summary of the heritage of the dabke and rhythms of the city of Raqqa and the Euphrates region. Several of these songs are driven by the distinctive sound of the zammara instrument, which is common in the music, weddings and occasions of that region.