NEWS
Go to Audio & Video to see Reem in concert with Kardes Turkuler and Arto Tunçboyaciyan
From Palestine to Portugal. For a taster, click here: Naufrágio / 'Aashiqun min Filasteen (Shipwreck / Lover from Palestine).
Reem's research for the next album (dedicated to the work of Egyptian composer Sayyid Darwish 1892-1923) is on-going, and she is working hard to secure funding to begin recording. Reem spent summer 2009 working in the Assad National Library in Damascus and interviewing local musicians and historians about the Syrian influence on Darwish's music. A further research trip to Egypt is planned in early 2010. Reem has been busy road testing the songs in her live performances and registering copyrights. For a taster, listen to Reem's WOMAD 2007 concert in Audio & Video.
A’ Gharaids, the series made for BBC Alba in which Reem teamed up with Gaelic singer Catriona Watt, was nominated for the Media award at the MG Alba Traditional Music Awards 2009.
Garth Hewitt, Martyn Joseph, Reem Kelani - Gaza, Palestine: a six track charity EP of folk ballads in aid of a Gazan hospital. Click here to purchase your copy and to read Simon Eden's review.
Reem Live 20 February 2010, 7 - 10.30pm - St Paul’s Church and Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge15 April 2010 to 16/04/2010 - Kingston University, Penryhn Road Campus, London 06 July 2010 to 08/07/2010 - Halifax 09 July 2010, 8pm - Square Chapel - Centre for the Arts, Halifax 10 July 2010 - The Piece Hall, Halifax 24 July 2010, 5pm - Hitchin Priory, Hertfordshire 22 October 2010, pm - Leighton House, Holland Park Road, London W14 |
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