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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2015

"a love supreme" / "allah supreme"?

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Did Coltrane say 'Allah Supreme'? by Hisham Aidi   The recording has long been understood to be a deeply spiritual, even devot...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

"i'm so hungry"

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

yasiin gaye: the return (official teaser)

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Thursday, December 01, 2011

from b-boy to islamic studies scholar

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Loonwatch: Exclusive Interview with Reza Aslan I read Reza Aslan's "No God But God" a few months ago and was really impressed....
Monday, October 03, 2011

pa'lo monte - enigma (featuring chuck d)

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

land far away / satta massagana / happy land

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Land Far Away by Muslim female rap duo, Poetic Pilgrimage, is a remix of the reggae classic Satta Massagana by the Rastafarian musical gro...

a love supreme: musilm jazz artists

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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

continuing soundtrack of the revolution

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Both of these sites feature a round-up of clips of chanting and singing from Tahrir Square as well as studio tracks by artists expressing th...

hip-hop for revolution

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PRI's The World: Hip-Hop for Revolution The poetic tradition in North Africa has also woven its way into more modern forms of expression...
Sunday, December 05, 2010

kabbalah and jazz

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The article, Kabbalah and Jazz: The Mystical Foundation of Improvisational Music reminded me of the film Happy Feet and how every penguin h...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

imagine

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The recent occasion of John Lennon's 70th birthday put me in a mood to wonder about what different covers/versions/mash-ups had been don...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

the arab league of hip-hop

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Recently I've been mulling over the words at the top of my blog and I've been trying to develop a deeper, more fleshed out notion fo...

"hamdulillah" by the narcicyst (ft. shadia mansour)

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Beautiful song. Beautiful video. (h/t to islamicate)
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

man bites dog: buddhist fundamentalists and muslim prisoners of conscience

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I totally missed this story when it happened but it seems worth noting as an example. An expatriate Sri Lankan woman who wrote two books abo...
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

reyes de las calles - el mundo va acabarse

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Just some amusing Afro-Cuban, Afro-futuristic, anti-racist, apocalyptic hip-hop. If I had more patience I would transcribe the lyrics along ...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

america 2001 - long hairz collective

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Just continuing my Michigan musings... here is one of the few clips I could find online with music by the Long Hairz Collective. I've bl...
Sunday, February 07, 2010

mami el negro (el africano) part two

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Out of historical interest and a desire for completeness, here is THE ORIGINAL version of "El Africano" (which is the only one I...
Sunday, August 09, 2009

qawwali kissing flamenco

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for more of this amazing fusion and synthesis, you might want to check out the Sologak blog: Sufi Chant: Qawali & Flamenco
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

music and islam: wind, strings and fear of a black planet

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Brother Dash: Music And Islam: Wind, Strings And Fear of A Black Planet
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Friday, June 12, 2009

heru in jamaica

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Here is a roughly two hour discussion/interview/talk with Heru (whom we've talked about before) for a Jamaican TV show. Topics include:...
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