31. März 2017
Label: AKENATON
Genre: Folk

metqal qinawi

metqal qinawi

METQAL QINAWI

LP  €  24,99
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Limited to 500 copies. On vinyl for the first time. Absolutely fantastic journey through Egypt's folk! Metqal Quenawi, born in 1929 (Luxor, Egypt), also known as Met'qal, Metaqal Kinawi Metaqal, Metaqal Rebab Ensemble, Metkaal Kenawe or Awlad Metqal, developed an intense artistic career based on rescuing folk traditions from southern Egypt. Recovering the traditions of the Said, the southern region around Luxor, Qena and Asyut, Metqal was brought up on the customs of the Fellahin (agricultural labourers who passed on the age-old traditions of Egypt) disseminated across the nation by the rebab, an instrument of Bedouin origin, a type of violin, made out of coconut shell, wood, animal skin, with two or three strings and played with a horse hair bow. ... read more