Saleh Ramadan
Saleh Ramadan
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Label
Abu Fouad Sound
Al Faihaa
Al Reem Wal Angham
Location Issued
Aleppo, Syria
Amman, Jordan
Homs, Syria
Artist Origin
Semmaqiyeh, Homs, Syria
Credits
Keyboards: Mahmoud Al Saleh
More Info
Over a carpet of repetitive rhythmic keyboard lines, Saleh Ramadan recites an hour of colloquial poetry with his deep voice, alternating between recitation and singing, in one of his best recordings that appears in our archive. Saleh Ramadan hails from the town of Al Semmaqiyeh in rural Homs on the Syria-Lebanon border. He began singing and composing poetry since his early youth, and spent the beginning of his career traveling to perform in small villages in western rural Homs adjacent to the Lebanese border, where influences from Lebanese Zajal poetry seeped in. Saleh Ramadan continued climbing the ladder of fame in shaabi poetry and attaba until he reached its highest rungs during the last three decades, becoming one of Syria's most famous shaabi poets until his death at an unknown date during the past few years.