Faraj Kaddah

Afrah Houran 2 (Houran Weddings 2)

• Dabket Mejwez

• Jani

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This dynamic and vibrant live tape captures Hourani musician Faraj Kaddah singing at a party in the latter-1990s. He launches his vocal phrases like arrows piercing through a curtain of heated strings, his singing interspersed with greetings to the audience that we can barely hear above the pulsing drum. A native of Daraa governorate, Faraj Kaddah began his career at a young age, recording both traditional and original works that earned him an important position as one of the most prominent singers of Hourani music, which is considered a vital corner of Syrian shaabi music. Faraj's music is distinguished by its loyalty to local traditional music in terms of its themes, subjects, and arrangement, which primarily relies on mejwiz, percussion rababa and qanun.