Escalay: The Water Wheel, Oud Music from Nubia (LP)
Hamza El Din, Voice and Oud
Hamza El Din, Voice and Oud
| Track 1 of 3: The Water Wheel (21:30) | |||
On November 13, 2014 AfriClassical posted:
Michael S. Wright comments:
Hi Bill, Pieces
of Africa is a good album. However, Hamza El Din 1971 album Escalay
(The Water Wheel) exquisitely played on an oud is really, really
special. Do you have that CD? Mike
Bob Shingleton comments: Bill, yes - Escalay is a very fine album and so is Eclipse - they are both in constant rotation on my iPod. As is the equally rewarding but less well known Lily of the Nile - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2013/08/do-we-need-to-broaden-our-definition-of.html
This post may be of interest - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2014/10/listening-with-ear-of-heart.html
It
is the text of a programme essay I was commissioned to write for this year's Salzburg Summer Festival to accompany a pioneering performance of
Sufi chants by an Egyptian brotherhood. Hamza El Din and Escalay receive a mention in the essay.
You will have seen from my post that I was in the Nubian homelands last year, and I will be back in Upper Egypt in a few weeks. It gives me great pleasure that your mention of Hamza El Din has generated interest among AfriClassical readers. Keep up the great work!
Regards,
Bob
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