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J-Card front cover art for tape: SMA_0968
J-Card art for tape: SMA_0968
J-Card art for tape: SMA_0968

Mohammad Sadek Hadid

A Private Concert

SIDE A

  • Part 1

SIDE B

  • Part 2
Ref No: 0968
Genres: attabashaabi

Label

Al Arz Recordings

Location Issued

Homs, Syria

Artist Origin

Salamiyah - Hama, Syria

More Info

A cassette recording of a private concert by Syrian singer Mohammad Sadek Hadid (aka: "The Poet of Attaba") in the city of Kafr Laha, northwest of Homs, accompanied by a group. Mohammad Sadek Hadid was born in 1938 in Barri Sharqi – a village located east of Hama. He learned music and singing from his father Sadek Hadid, and in the early 1960s, began what would become a long and successful musical career - first on a regional level, then achieving widespread popularity in several areas of Syria. In the old Syrian countryside, people did not used to describe their local singers as singers, preferring the title ‘poet’ instead, such as ‘poet of the Rababa’ Therefore, Abu Sadek could often be heard expressing his passion for poetry and his deep respect for language. In 1968, he made a notable appearance on Radio Damascus's program Voice of the Farmers, performing a selection of attaba and Mouliya songs. The cassette market knew more than a thousand hours of his recordings, which were sung in the dialect of the Salamiyah region as well as the Bedouin dialect prevalent in his region, which is situated on the desert’s edge. His unique style earned him the moniker Attaba Salamoniah, which arose from his ability to elevate this folk tradition into a recognized school of singing. Abu Sadek passed away in 2007.