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Lizzie Oggle at Sahara Nights

5/31/2012

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We’re featuring today our great Scottish violinist performing at Sahara Nights
Lizzie Oggle is a violinist, singer and percussionist who first visited the Saharawi refugee camps in 2007. She plays celtic-influenced alt-folk music in a band called Blue Rose Code, who has just been on a UK tour and are about to release a debut album, and she plays (and learns) a style of roots music from the north-east of Brazil called maracatu. 
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Collaborating with Saharawi musicians in the camps remains a seminal experience for her as a musician. She also currently works as a Peaceworker for Quaker Peace and Social Witness.

​This is a video of Blue Rose Code with Lizzy as violinist.


​More info:

Blue Rose Code: www.bluerosecode.com
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Dan Tsu in Sahara Nights

5/29/2012

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Our incredible word master for Sahara Nights is our next feature.
Dan Tsu (aka ‘Killa Dan’ or ‘Tat Yin’) is an event producer, promoter, workshop leader, poet, MC and DJ – as well as Artistic Director and Founder of Lyrix Organix. Simultaneously defying pigeon-holes and common-sense, he has spent the last 16 years on microphones, turntables and stages trampling a dusty path on a voyage of musical misadventure.
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A refreshing and versatile wordsmith that is carving his own niche on the Spoken Word circuit, Dan paints lyrical pictures with fire in his belly and ice on his tongue. Clever wordplay, wry humour and powerful stage presence combine to deliver an insight into the skewed mind of a twisted soul. Drawing influences from Hip Hop to Folk, he traverses political, natural and abstract landscapes in search of answers… but finds only more questions. (Info from Lyrix Organix website)


​More on Dan Tsu and Lyrix Organix:

Website: www.lyrixorganix.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lyrix-Organix/78701784537
Twitter: @LyrixOrganix
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Suilma Aali in Sahara Nights

5/28/2012

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Today we are featuring another great artist from Sahara Nights
Hispano-Saharawi singer and guitarist Suilma Aalidoesn’t remember devoting herself to anything else but music. Since she was very young, she led different junior rock, soul and funk bands and throughout her career she has played with some of the most talented Spanish artists, such as Rosana and Nacho Campillo. She has just released her first solo album, Aali, a series of ten very intimate and personal pieces mixing reggae, nu soul, pop and jazz. 
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The album has been completely self-produced under the advice of Jorge García and Nico Roca, the percussionist who will be accompanying Suilma at Sahara Nights. Even though not in a very obvious musical way, Suilma is committed to her Saharawi roots and has performed at numerous events in support of her people’s culture and right to self-determination.


​Further info:

MySpace: www.myspace.com/suilmaaali
Facebook: www.facebook.com/suilmaaa
Twitter: @SuilmaAali
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Sahara Nights on Songlines!

5/25/2012

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Ruby and the Vines in Sahara Nights

5/25/2012

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We continue with our mini features on the artists participating @ Sahara Nights.
Ruby and the Vines, fronted by vocalist/bassist Binisa Bonner, fuse influences as diverse as rock, jazz, afro-beat and reggae. The line-up is completed by guitarist Greg Sanders and drummer Ben Assiter, who complement Binisa’s soulful, frank vocal delivery and deftly melodic bass lines with a meticulous groove. Binisa comes from a mixed English/Congolese background and grew up in multicultural Brixton, London. 
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As a singer – with vocal training in jazz, pop and South African singing – Binisa has a distinctive approach to songwriting with compositions originating from melodic use of the bass. Ben and Greg, both also Londoners, have backgrounds in many different styles of music from funk and ska through to hip-hop, jazz and beyond. They have one album on the market,Red Storm, and are working on their next one. (Info from MySpace).


More info about Ruby and the Vines:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rubyandthevines
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RubyandtheVines
Twitter: @rubyandthevines
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Aziza Brahim in Sahara Nights

5/24/2012

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We’re doing mini features of our wonderful artistic line-up @ Sahara Nights. And we’re starting with our headliner, fantastic Saharawi singer and percussionist Aziza Brahim.
Aziza is 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 great ambassador for the Saharawi cause, dedicating all her singing to her people. 
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Aziza Brahim © Djogo Niemeyer
Many of her songs are influenced by the breath-taking poetry of her grandmother, Lkhadra Mabruk. Aziza’s new album, Mabruk, which will be released in June, is an homage to her and her great labour as commentator of the 16 years of Saharawi. This is a video of single “La tierra derrama lágrimas.”

Further info about Aziza:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/azizabrahim
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aziza.brahim.official
Blog: http://aziza-brahim.blogspot.co.uk/
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Release of film Wilaya

5/4/2012

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Wilaya
Pedro Pérez Rosado
Year: 2012
Country: Spain

A young woman returns to her Saharan roots in Wilaya, a drama that borders on ethnographic documentary territory, with a strong feminist slant. It is the story of two Saharawi sisters, one brought up in the camps and another one in Spain, separated by more than physical barriers. A Spanish production made in association with the Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic – with dialogue in Spanish and Arabic – Wilaya offers insight into a little-publicised world, and derives most of its dramatic pull from the charismatic presence of lead actress Nadhira Mohamed. The soundtrack of Wilaya has been composed and performed by Saharawi singer and percussionist Aziza Brahim, who won the first prize in the FiSahara 2012.
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Read a review in English here.

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