African Routes, by Al Qahwa

African Routes

by Al Qahwa

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1.	Marrakesh 06:02	lyrics	buy track
Les vagues de la mer, de la mer blanche, Les vagues de la mer; Je t'attends Il mog, mog il bahr, il bahr il abyad, mog il bahr, mistaneeyak [translation: the waves of the sea; of the mediterranean sea; I'm waiting for you]
2.	The Rain - Il Matar 05:50	info	buy track
3.	Gigue 05:32	info	buy track
4.	Bahia Out 02:09	info	buy track
5.	Ballad Of The Traveller - Ya Rayih 06:29	info	buy track
6.	Lullaby 06:40	info	buy track
7.	Moments In Time 04:29	info	buy track
8.	Blood - Iddam 05:02	lyrics	buy track
Blood on the sidewalk, blood on the doors Blood on the cross, blood on the walls ... We walk on broken streets, we drink dirty water, we eat poisoned food, But the leaders swear that everything is good We sell all that is sacred, dirt cheap We imprison children and kill our youth Innocent blood is a debt, innocent blood is a debt Judgment Day is coming
9.	Peace - Issalam 07:40	lyrics	buy track
Peace means justice, what is lost will be returned The land will go back to her children no matter how many years have passed Peace is not just a word, Peace is a brave step Peace means justice The times will not defeat us
10.	Spoil Me With Flower Petals - Ala Warag Il Full 04:12	info	buy track
11.	Footsteps 05:47	info	buy track
12.	Doha 05:01	info	buy track
13.	Cairo - Al Qahira 05:06	info	buy track

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The group name Al Qahwa is Arabic for "the coffee house" where in the past, people used to go to the coffee house to hear music, poetry, stories and the news of the day. African Routes is the 3rd CD for this group and it is inspired by the countries of birth of Maryem Tollar (Egypt) and 2 of the guests on this recording: Fethi Nadjem (Algeria) and Waleed Abdulhamid (Sudan). All of the songs on this recording draw inspiration from the music of North Africa. The guests were invited to contribute songs, or to help arrange songs that Maryem brought to them. They came together with Al Qahwa (Maryem Tollar, Ernie Tollar, Demetri Petsalakis, Naghmeh Farahmand) a few times and then performed the songs for a live audience at Small World Music Centre. Roula Said joined the group to add a dance element to the evening, as well as contributing to the music with vocals and zills. This live CD is the result of that collaboration.

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released November 6, 2020

Produced by Ernie Tollar and Maryem Tollar; Tracked by Reza Moghaddas, Small World Music Centre and Ed Hanley; Edited, mixed and mastered by Jono Grant, Victory Drive Recording; Band photos by Cathy Ord; Roula Said phot by Alaina Osborne; Design by Yesim Tosuner, Backyard Design. The songs by Maryem Tollar and Ernie Tollar on this recording were composed with support from The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council and The Canada Council for the Arts

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Al Qahwa Toronto, Ontario

Al Qahwa Ensemble is Maryem Tollar on vocals, riqq (Arabic tambourine) & qanun (Arabic table harp); Ernie Tollar on wind instruments; Demetri Petsalakis on oud; Naghmeh Fahrahmand on percussion. They perform original compositions, and popular traditional Arabic repertoire – from Sufi Devotional Love songs to popular folk songs, to classic Egyptian songs made famous by the stars of Egypt. ... more

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