Adnan Muhanna

Ma' Nojoum Altarab Alshaabi 2 (Shaabi Tarab Stars 2)

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This live cassette showcases a set of mawals and shaabi songs performed by Syrian singer Adnan Muhanna, featuring amplified rebaba, early-1990s synthesizers and percussion, along with Muhanna's voice, which manages to balance youthful energy with skilled delivery. Not much is widely known about Adnan Muhanna, who died young due to illness, except for his popularity at private parties and weddings in the Jazeera region and rural Aleppo, where he excelled in performing suwaihli, attaba, mawal, and shaabi music styles. He is believed to be from Raqqa governorate, where Syrian shaabi music enthusiasts still share his songs and recordings on social media.