Welcome return to St Ethelburga's for Sandblast a UK human rights charity promoting the voices and visions of the indigenous Saharawi from Western Sahara through the arts.
Rare visit to UK from, Aziza Brahim, regarded one of the most talented musical voices from Western Sahara. She was born in the Saharawi refugee camps, but spent many years studying in Cuba. This influenced her music, an innovative blend of traditional Saharawi hawl, West African rhythms and Latin Jazz. Singing in Hassania, the native language of her homeland, and Spanish, Aziza has been a fantastic ambassador for the Saharawi cause, dedicating all her singing to her people.
Many of her songs are influenced by the breath-taking poetry of her grandmother, Lkhadra Mabruk (remarkable film about Khadran Marbuk screened before Aziza performs, info below). Aziza's new album, Mabruk, which was released in June 2012, is an homage to her and her great labour as commentator of the 16 years of Saharawi war.
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Artists: Ana Tijoux , Asian Dub Foundation , Aziza Brahim , Bigyuki , Deradoorian , Ghetto Kumbe , HHY , Lous and the Yakuza , Luedji Luna , Mas Musiq , Nubiyan Twist , Populous , Sumac Dub , The Kampala Unit , U-Zhaan , Urban Village![Album Review: Aziza Brahim – Sahari [Glitterbeat Records; November 2019]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aziza-brahim-sahari-cover-620x620.jpg)
Sahari is an exciting new step for Aziza Brahim featuring more electronic elements than her previous two Glitterbeat albums Soutak and Abbar El Hamada. The different soundscapes and instrument arrangements of each track give a coherent arc to the music and storytelling. Unlike her previous albums which were recorded as…
Artists: Aziza Brahim
You simply need to look at her, her eyes and expression to understand the nature of the experiences, adventures and encounters that Aziza Brahim has gone through in her life. The Sahrawi singer/songwriter, true mouthpiece of her people’s daily fight to be recognised, has spent her entire existence as a…
Artists: Aziza Brahim
Aziza Brahim’s new album Abbar el Hamada (out now on Glitterbeat) blew us away on first listening with its haunting tales of a life spent in refugee camps. It was therefore a great pleasure to get the chance to interview this important singer. Exiled as she is from the country of…
Artists: Aziza Brahim
WOMAD UK 2016 edition will also be the 10th on the grounds of Charlton Park, that’ why the organisers are already going all out to celebrate the anniversary… You just have to take a glance at the first name announced for the upcoming 34th edition of the event, which will take…
Artists: Afriquoi , Aziza Brahim , Baaba Maal , Baloji , Dom La Nena , George Clinton , Hot 8 Brass Band , Ibrahim Maalouf , Moh! Kouyaté , Sidestepper![Album Review: Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada (Across el Hamada) [Glitterbeat]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aziza-brahim-abbar-el-hamada_72dpi-620x620.jpg)
The new album by Barcelona-based singer Aziza Brahim from Western Sahara is a masterpiece in the expression of displacement felt by the thousands of refugees from her homeland, of which she is one. Produced with sparkling clarity by Chris Eckman (who also worked with Bassekou Kouyate and Tamikrest) Abbar el…
Artists: Aziza Brahim
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