Naser Musa and Souhail Kaspar in Alabama |
Naser Musa (Oud) and Souhail Kaspar (Drummer) are coming to Birmingham in February 2008. There will be a public concert and workshops for musicians as well as a hafla. I am very pleased that Alabama i...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:58:00 GMT |
Hussam is back |
Hussam Al Aydi made contact with me today and it is very nice to hear from him. I am still playing at SCA haflas and some other middle eastern music functions around the southeast. I have been asked t...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:14:00 GMT |
Old friends are never forgotten |
Sometimes, an old friend that you have lost touch with somehow seems to cross your path in the most random manner and the moment feels frozen between the memory and the re-discovery. You smile, rememb...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:25:00 GMT |
Lost in Kentucky... |
Well, it seems that I have lost touch with my friend Hussam Al-Aydi. His myspace page and phone number are all gone and I have no way of getting in touch with him. I enjoyed playing Oud with him. Mayb...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:33:00 GMT |
Got to play with an outstanding Oud player |
I had a wonderful time this past weekend in Louisville, KY. I got the opportunity to meet with Hussam Al-Aydi, leader of the arabic fusion group, Baladna. We sat for a few hours and played together. H...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:13:00 GMT |
Hafla' last night at AUM |
Shelly and her students had a farewell hafla' last night and I had wonderful time. If I count this Wedesday as well, that will be three hafla's in a five day period. (Saturday night, Monday night, and...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 08:27:00 GMT |
Last night at the Ale House |
Last night was great at the Ale House. We had four dancers come in from Montgomery to dance while myself and the drummer played, Shelly and three of her students. The crowd loved the performance of bo...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 11:01:00 GMT |
So far so good on Wednesday nights |
So far so good on Wednesday nights. We play from 8PM to 10PM every Wednesday night except with the Alehouse has some special event or holiday. Last week we had two drummers which was nice...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:32:00 GMT |
New Night, New Crowd |
Well, tomorrow night starts a new night at the Auburn Ale House. We aren't on the place's website yet, but I am hoping this starts us on the right road with the international crowd and the locals who ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:38:00 GMT |
Mediterranean Night |
Some friends of mine, including some from the middle east, have decided that Auburn didn't have a musical/social venue for middle eastern music. To that end, we have started getting together on Monday...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:09:00 GMT |
