As with rebetiko, tango and the blues, this music of the dispossessed eventually achieved the status of national cultural treasure. Mezoued is also the name of the goatskin bagpipes on which the melodies are performed, and Club Tounsi abounds with them, played buzzingly by Montassar Jebali among fizzing ney flutes and clattering hand drums. “Turn around, such an Arab beauty/Turn around, you make my heart ache.” The bassline shudders, the vocals echo and wobble, and the fazzani rhythms are infectious.
Author: exy
Published at: 2025-05-24 19:30:35
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