Tarabband
Country Sweden Iraq Egypt Genres acoustic taarab Website tarabband.com Facebook /Tarabband Festival Sauti za Busara 2014 Recordings 📼Ya Sidi, 2012; Ashofak Baden, 2016; Tarabband & Musica Vitae chamber music orchestra, 2019; Tarabband live in Egypt, 2020; Wenak, 2022 Tarabband is a six-member group founded in 2008 by Nadin Al Khalidi (Iraq/Egypt) and Gabriel Hermansson (Sweden). A cross-cultural musical experience resonating tarab; the universal feeling when emotions and music become one.
Tarabband’s music takes off from Malmö, travels via Paris and the Mediterranean to Cairo and Baghdad creating the band’s original compositions and sound. The group’s front figure and vocalist Nadin Al Khalidi fled from Iraq in 2001, arriving to Sweden as a refugee.
Her lyrics merge political and social topics with questions around identity, survival and love; always striving for peace and tolerance between different cultures. Weaving this personal element into the songs allows Tarabband’s Arabic-speaking audience to relate and connect with Nadin’s lyrics in a way that is relevant with challenges young people are facing in the Middle East.
With thanks to Swedish Arts Council https://www.kulturradet.se/en/
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