Here's some superb old footage of the legendary Syrian musician Farid al-Atrash giving a virtuoso performance on the oud.
- Log in to post comments
More like this
Thanks to Timothy Sandefur for reminding me that today would have been Miles Davis' 78th birthday. Miles is in my second tier of jazz icons. I never cared for the tone of his trumpet playing all that much, it always sounded a bit tinny to me (I prefer the deeper tones of, say, Wynton Marsalis or…
The BBC has film footage of the legendary Bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock playing the banjo whilst having his brain operated on.
Adcock is suffering from essential tremor, a progressive neurological condition characterised by tremors in the arms which appear during voluntary movements and which are…
Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria today. So far, she has visited a centuries-old market district and the Omayyad mosque in Old Damascus, which is considered one of the most sacred sites in the capital. She will meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Wednesday, which makes her the highest-ranking…
That's Canadian candidates folks. Anyway, it would go something like this:
STEPHEN HARPER: Voting for a harpist would be cool. I mean, I'm no classical musician, but that Stephen Harper seems downright magical on the harp - a real virtuoso. His fingers just seem to glide over the strings. His…
Wonderful.
All I can say is WWOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH D00D!!!!!
I love the oud. If I recall right, it's the direct ancestor of the Renaissance lute (another instrument I love), whose name is a corruption of the Arabic al-oud.
p.s. I LOLd at the snippets of Asturias and Malagueña around 5:20-5:50!