Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Saudi Arabia, this full blood Lebanese soldier gives it to you RAH and uncut in every form. As an MC/Producer/Composer/Studio and Live sound engineer Rah leaves microphones dismantled and crowds on the hunt for a dictionary. With fierce rhymes engulfing various topics such as: global politics, poverty, sexism, racism, prejudice and oppression, this Arabian MC takes the meaning of conscience HIP HOP to another dimension. Rah has grabbed the attentions of several media sources such as CTV news, T.ONight news Wefunk radio, CJLO Radio, and has had his music featured on a Documentary that has screened all over America called The Aramco Brat Story. Be on the look out for his Solo album coming out in 2010 featuring big name heads like Rod Jackson from Slash and Young Noble of the Outlawz www.nocturnalight.com
Mohammed Al Hellany better known as Assi Al Hellany, was born on the 28th of November in Baalbeck, Lebanon in 1970. Assi grew up in a large family with 13 brothers and sisters, of whom he was the third youngest.Assi El Halani started his music career by singing Lebanese songs at an early age among his family and friends. Assi had a big interest in singing which soon grew stronger. At the age of 17, that is around 1987 he started his life as a singer officially when he participated in the “Art Studio” TV program for young artists, and was the winner in the popular Lebanese song category.Assi studied music for almost five years at the Higher Institute of Music in Lebanon from 1985 until 1990. El Halani specialized in playing the Ood (oriental guitar) and in arab singing techniques.Assi Al Halani had performances in many concerts and festivals including the Jarash festival, the Carthage festival, and in a number of concerts around the Arab world, Europe and America.Assi has released over a dozen albums and is firmly established as a major star in the Region. His most popular songs include “Wani Mareq Mareet”, “Ahebbak Gedan”, “Amshi Lihali”, “Mali Saber”, “Ahla Al Oyounv”, “Shoag El Sahara” and “Kayed Ozzalak”, all of which are included on his new ‘Best of’ compilation which spans his entire career to date.Source - Facebook.com
El-Hadj El Hachmi Guerouabi (born January 6, 1938, in Algiers, Algeria - died July 17, 2006 in Paris, France) was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi and one of the Grand Masters of the Algiers-based Chaâbi music. He was born in El Mouradia (Algiers) and grew up in Bélouizdad (formerly Belcourt). Two passions occupied Guerouabi's childhood: Football and music. Being a good footballer he played with La Redoute AC football club until 1952. By then he had developed a special interest to music; in particular the music of El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka, M'rizek and Hssissen.
His win in the El Arbi Music-Hall contest helped him join the Opera of Algiers in 1953, where he was engaged in music but also played several theatrical roles including the famous Haroun Errachid.After the independence of Algeria from France in 1962, Guerouabi saw the invasion of foreign music, especially from Europe and Egypt, as a threat to the traditional Algerian music. He tries to attract a younger audience by introducing fundamental changes in his compositions that will later make him a distinctive and Master of Chaâbi.Guerouabi continued his innovations and became an icon of the Algerian popular music. He was invited to perform in various occasions by prestigious institutions and notable individuals, which added to his popularity and respect among Chaâbi fans.In 1987, Guerouabi went on a pilgrimage in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) and gained the title of “El-Hadj”. He moved to Paris (France) in the late 1990s for medical treatment for severe diabetes, where he settled until his death in 2006. Despite his illness, Guerouabi continued to produce music, play in concerts around the world and play at weddings, but in February 2005 he had undergone a surgery that resulted in the amputation of his leg and his decision to quit music. However, due to a growing demand from his homeland, he gave his last concert in Algiers on July 4th, 2005 in front of a very large audience. He was admitted to hospital again in July 2006, one year exactly after his last public appearance, after a heart attack which cost him his life. El Hachmi Guerouabi died on July 17th, 2006 in Paris and left behind him a large repertoire of music, a musical renaissance but most importantly a remarkable contribution to the vulgarisation of Chaâbi.Wikipedia
Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994 he and his musicians have emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until now they have remained little-known outside of the country. To date, they have issued more than 500 studio and live recorded cassette albums which are easily spotted in the shops of any Syrian city. Born in rural Northeastern Syria, he began his musical career in 1994 with a small group of local collaborators that remain with him today. The myriad musical traditions of the region are evident in their music. Here, classical Arabic mawal-style vocalization gives way to high-octane Syrian Dabke (the regional folkloric dance and party music), Iraqi Choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others. This amalgamation is truly the sound of Syria. The music often has an overdriven sound consisting of phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos and frantic rhythms. At breakneck speeds, these shrill Syrian electronics play out like forbidden morse-code, but the moods swing from coarse and urgent to dirgy and contemplative in the rugged anthems that comprise Souleyman's repertoire. Oud, reeds, baglama saz, accompanying vocals and percussion fill out the sound from track to track. Mahmoud Harbi is a long-time collaborator and the man responsible for much of the poetry sung by Souleyman. Together, they commonly perform the Ataba, a traditional form of folk poetry used in Dabke. On stage, Harbi chain smokes cigarettes while standing shoulder to shoulder with Souleyman, periodically leaning over to whisper the material into his ear. Acting as a conduit, Souleyman struts into the audience with urgency, vocalizing the prose in song before returning for the next verse. Souleyman’s first hit in Syria was "Jani" (1996) which gained cassette-kiosk infamy and brought him recognition throughout the country. Over the years, his popularity has risen steadily and the group tirelessly performs concerts throughout Syria and has accepted invitations to perform abroad in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Lebanon. Omar Souleyman is a man of hospitality and striking integrity who describes his style as his own and prides himself on not being an imitator or a sellout.http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/item.asp?Item_id=57&t=Omar-Souleyman:-Highway-to-Hassake-(Folk-and-Pop-Sounds-of-Syria)
Hamza Namira, is not only a new artist with Awakening, but he is a new model that represents an important side of the modern Arabic culture through our production. Being Egyptian, born in 1980 in Saudi Arabia, living between many Arab cities and among multi-levels, gave him the sense to determine the characteristics of the modern Arabic culture and its dream "Which will be the name of his first album".Hamza started playing Music in Alexandria- Egypt, when he was 17. With this early age, he started composing as a consequence of his great love to Guitar and Keyboards.1999 Hamza became a member in "Love & Peace" band. Till today Hamza still admits Mr. Nabil Albaklie –The band founder- great impact on his music and life in General."Nomaira" –A 5 members' band- was founded on the year 2001, by Hamza himself. The band had performed many live concerts, and used to participate in Musical contests and festivals. Although the band started to be well-known, especially through their songs discussing humanity and social issues, Hamza had to freeze the band activities after 3 years of success, due to the immigration of 3 members of the band.Hamza's uniqueness is not only being one of the faces of the Arabic modern culture, but also his insistence on discussing our current social and common issues through his songs, to keep us dreaming of the better. http://www.hamzanamira.com
Grace Deeb (Arabic: غريس ديب) is a Lebanese singer who was born in Beirut and began her career at the age of fourteen. She sings in various languages (Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Greek) and has two albums to her name. Her latter album was produced by the Saudi Arabianrecord companyRotana.Wikipedia
Rashed Abdul-Rahman Al-Majed (born July 19, 1970) is a Saudi singer, musician, and record producer. He is known to be one of the region's most popular vocalists alongside Mohammed Abdu, Rabeh Sager and Abdulmajeed Abdullah. Al Majed is of Huwala ancestry on his mother's side, and has a home in the Manama suburb of Isa Town, not far from the mansions of fellow Bahrain based singer Michael Jackson.He released his last album Sa'at (Hours) in 2007. It contains 12 songs.Wikipedia
Rabih El Khawly started his singing career from a Lebanese show called Studio Elfan in 1980. Ever since then his popularity has gone from Lebanon to most of the Arab countries including, Syria, Jordon, Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the entire Gulf region. Rabih is loved in countries like Algeria, Tunisia, Morroco, Libya, Egypt and Moritania. Rabih El Khawly was extremely known by most of the Arabic speaking people around the world due to his world famous concerts in places like Paris, London, Australia, Sweden, Africa, and the entire South and North American regions. Singer Rabih El Khawly stopped work for sometime then resumed his work after the death of his brother, Salim El Khawly in a motorcycle accident. His first appearance was on New Year's Eve and Fitr feast at Blue Velvet Nightclub. Rabih received the year 2000 with a number of new songs by the best composers and lyricists. Around the early 2000 Rabih decided to stop his music career and he joined Priesthood. He can still be seen on television from time to time singing at Lebanese churches during some religious events.
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