ArabishWay

StringShot: Roy Rogers, Badi Assad, Carlos Reyes
2019-11-07 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
StringShot – Blues and Latin is a new collaboration of three artists: Roy Rogers (slide guitar/vocal), Badi Assad (guitar/vocal) and Carlos Reyes (violin/stringed harp).
Joining together to form a musical “tour-de-force”, Rogers, Assad and Reyes blend their artistry and talent to create a new synthesis of cross-cultural music with Latin roots, Jazz blooms and Blues undertones. All virtuosos in their own right – these artists have created a collaborative sound that is all their own. StringShot, the self-titled debut album, is available now!
The vocals of Badi Assad (and vocal percussion) propel the music to another level; joined with the superb stringed harp/violin of Carlos Reyes and the masterful slide guitar of Roy Rogers, StringShot deserves to be listened to – tune in.
Badi Assad (from Brazil and of Lebanese descent) was ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the world’s great guitarists. Classically trained, she has received numerous international awards in her prolific career. As a vocalist and percussionist, she is a true innovator, not only in technique but in performance. She has appeared in a variety of musical settings – from classical concerts with The Assad Brothers to jazz festivals with Pat Metheny and Larry Coryell.

Triggerwords + others at The Sunset
2019-11-18 20:00 - 23:30 | Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Pareidolia (Simon Henneman) + Triggerwords + Tariq Khan + Eric Padget
at the Sunset
Doors open at 8pm/$8.00

Bedouine at Triple Door
2019-12-03 19:30 - 22:00 | Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
When you listen to the love songs of LA-based Bedouine, you might be reminded of Karen Dalton’s world-wise voice or the breathy seduction of Minnie Riperton’s vocals, the easy cool of French ye-ye singers, and the poetry of Joan Baez. Her folk is nomadic, wandering across time and space, and on the likes of new song “Dizzy” meander into danceable jams. On first discovery you may ask whether they’re dated to 2019, or whether you’ve uncovered some forgotten classic. It makes sense that singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian’s arrival – both musically and personally – on her second record has been influenced by her own wanderlust, displacement, and curiosity.
Bedouine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BedouineMusic/

Seffarine - Traditions in Olympia
2019-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | New Traditions, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
Seffarine’s international blend of sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp. Their music embraces and extends Naki’s rich heritage, which spans from Moorish Spain to the Sahara, by mixing Arabic Andalusi music with Hulskamp’s dynamic flamenco guitar, the grooves of acclaimed percussionist Mimy Fiaindratovo Manavihare. These diverse backgrounds meld into an intoxicating blend of ancient and modern that Bass Player Magazine describes as a gorgeous intersection of Spanish flamenco, Arabic and Andalusian music, Persian classical, and jazz.
Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Lamiae’s home city of Fes, Morocco. Her family is well known in the Seffarine as master metalworkers continuing the tradition today. The square dates back to the 9th century and is famous for the complex rhythms that can be heard from the blacksmiths’ hammers.
New Traditions Café and World Folk Art in Olympia is owned by Jody Mackey and Stacy Muguet, two entrepreneurial women with a shared vision of service to the community by providing wholesome food, live entertainment, and a marketplace supporting equitable trade relationships with low-income artisans and farmers from developing countries.

https://www.seffarine.com/shows

Seffarine - ZAG Concert Series
2019-12-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Zen Arts Group, 4218 NE 103rd Place, Seattle, WA, 98125, United States
Seffarine’s international blend of sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp. Their music embraces and extends Naki’s rich heritage, which spans from Moorish Spain to the Sahara, by mixing Arabic Andalusi music with Hulskamp’s dynamic flamenco guitar, the grooves of acclaimed percussionist Mimy Fiaindratovo Manavihare. These diverse backgrounds meld into an intoxicating blend of ancient and modern that Bass Player Magazine describes as a gorgeous intersection of Spanish flamenco, Arabic and Andalusian music, Persian classical, and jazz.
In 2015, Seffarine was awarded a grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council to travel to Spain to record their original music in collaboration with living legends of flamenco music, including Diego del Morao and Tomasa La Macanita. The record gained Seffarine international acclaim when it placed in top world music charts around the globe, including Afribuku’s Top 13 African Releases and the Transglobal World Music Charts, a panel of 43 world music experts from 28 countries. In 2017, Seffarine was honored to be selected by the Western Arts Alliance (WAA) as one of three Launchpad Artists. Seffarine is based in Portland, OR and has been playing to enthusiastic audiences from the Western US to as far as Indonesia.
Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Lamiae’s home city of Fes, Morocco. Her family is well known in the Seffarine as master metalworkers continuing the tradition today. The square dates back to the 9th century and is famous for the complex rhythms that can be heard from the blacksmiths’ hammers.

Intisaar, The Feral Folk and Sour Girl
2019-12-15 20:00 - 23:30 | Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Intisaar, The Feral Folk, Sour Girl
Intisaar: www.intisaar.bandcamp.com
$10

Triggerwords, Hotel Vignette and Baywitch at Cafe Racer
2019-12-20 20:00 - 23:59 | Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Triggerwords, Hotel Vignette and Baywitch

Holy hoot! What a night this’ll be!
$5 suggested donation
NOTAFLOF as always
Wheelchair accessible
All ages until 11PM

Triggerwords
elements of atmospheric vapor fizzling into electro-rock pop
https://triggerwords1.bandcamp.com/releasesHotel Vignette
here to wrap you in a synth blanket whilst singing pop songs about how the world is falling apart
https://soundcloud.com/hotelvignette/sets/nightlife
Baywitch
surf coven, toon doom/smurf-rock
http://baywitch.bandcamp.com

Iraqi Super Star Salah Hassan with Hadi Aswad at Bellevue Hilton
2019-12-28 20:00 - 23:30 | Bellevue Hilton, 300 112th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
You do not want to miss this special event with Iraqi Superstar SALAH HASSAN & Star singer HADI ASWAD

About this Event

Join us for a night of wonderful music!

Trio Guadalevín Concert at KCLS Fairwood
2019-12-29 14:00 - 15:30 | KCLS-Fairwood, 17009 140th Avenue SE, Renton, WA, 98058, United States
Trio Guadalevín Concert
Named for the ancient river and gorge that divides the city of Rhonda in Andalusia, Trio Guadalevín explores the deep roots that bind the Americas with Southern Europe, the Maghreb and West Africa – roots that stretch across the ocean and intermingle Indigenous, African, Arabic and European cultural expressions.
Abel Rocha, August Denhard and Antonio Gómez interpret and often re-imagine a soundscape that draws on the many facets of identity that link Latin America and the Mediterranean.

Bring in the new decade at mbar!
2019-12-31 20:00 - 2020-01-01 00:45 | mBar, 400 Fairview Ave N, 14th Floor, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Please join us for our much loved, 4th annual New Year’s Eve party on December 31st!
Out on the partially covered and heated patio we’ll have the best view of the fireworks in town – plus DJs to get you in the party mood, a delicious mezze buffet, drink specials and a champagne toast at midnight! Tickets are $95 and can only be purchased directly from mbar. The party kicks off at 8pm and seating is first come, first served, so please arrive early! If you would like to reserve a space for you and your party at one of the fire pits (with a front row view of the fireworks), please contact Tim.
Our dining room opens at 6pm and our last dinner reservation will be seated at 10pm. We are offering a beautiful four course tasting menu (including two entrée options), available in our gorgeous dining room or at our comfortable, sociable interior bar:
NYE MENU
Baby gem with crunchy lentils, winter citrus, chioggia beets, pecorino & caper/wild oregano vinaigrette.
Grilled black cod collars with pomegranate/date molasses, aleppo, orange zest.
NY strip steak with smoked rainbow carrots, cippolini onions OR quail with black eyed peas, leeks.
We’ll finish with an incredible dessert – stay tuned for more info!
Dinner costs $115 per person, excluding tax and gratuity and includes access to the patio party after your meal. Make your reservation here.
We are also offering a limited amount of tickets at a special rate of $60 to guests who are dining at mamnoon on NYE! Contact mamnoon for more details.
Please note that both the patio party and seated dinner are 21+.
Let’s start this new decade as we mean to go on – in celebration, gratitude and hope and, most importantly, together.
xoxo
mbar

Edmonds Center for the Arts presents Shesh Besh
2020-01-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Avenue North, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Musicians from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Israel’s Arab community form this Arab-Jewish ensemble searching for an elusive balance of East and West in music.

There will be a pre-show talk from 6:00 pm-6:40 pm.

A Winter's Evening of Music, Poetry and Storytelling: From Struggle to Survival: Creating Beauty Out of Tragedy
2020-01-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
From Struggle to Survival: Creating Beauty Out of Tragedy
A Winter’s Evening of Music, Poetry and Storytelling with Claudia Castro Luna, Michelle Dodson, Hilary Field, Merna Ann Hecht & Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.
Weaving together original music and poetry, classical guitarist and composer Hilary Field with poets Claudia Castro Luna and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha will share poems about struggle and their means to survive. Storyteller Merna Ann Hecht and cellist Michelle Dodson will offer stories and music with the theme of bringing hope forth in dark times with a selection little known traditional and contemporary stories. Through music and spoken word, these writers and musicians share the nuanced beauty and vulnerability that can be found in our hearts at times of sorrow and difficulty as in times of joy, this heightened taking place as it does on the day that commemorates the life, work, and example of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This event is supported by a generous grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

Sudan Archives at Barboza
2020-02-24 08:00 - 17:00 | the Barboza, 925 E Pike St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
PRESENTED BY KEXP
SUDAN ARCHIVES
VELVET NEGRONI

Marc Ribot and Gordon Grdina's Haram at Town Hall
2020-03-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Guitar legend Marc Ribot has released 25 albums over a 40-year career. As part of Town Hall’s Global Rhythms series, Ribot takes the stage alongside Vancouver’s culture-blending band Haram, whose work draws inspiration from legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthoum. Together they create a new sonically breathtaking view of time-tested repertoire.
Ribot is joined onstage by Haram, a Vancouver-based group led by Juno Award-winning oud virtuoso and guitarist Gordon Grdina. Haram filters Arabic music through the creative lens of improvisation, paying homage to the masters while still freely developing an original voice. Classics from Farid El Atrache, Oum Khalsoum, Iraqi folk songs, and 50’s Sudanese radio music all resonate and inspire the ensemble to dig deeper and give more freely. Listen in for a double-billed performance showcase as Ribot teams up with Haram to navigate Arabic musical traditions.

Lamiae Naki guest performing with Antonio Rey
2020-03-13 20:00 - 22:00 | The Ballard Homestead, 6541 Jones Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98117, United States
Antonio Rey, Flamenco Guitar Master from Spain
ANTONIO REY, Master Flamenco Guitarist from Spain
Antonio Rey is one of the of the leading flamenco guitarists of Spain today and will be performing in Seattle for one night only.
Presented By Nat Hulskamp
Antonio Rey- Flamenco guitar
Mara Rey- Flamenco dance and vocals
Guest artists:
Nat Hulskamp- flamenco guitar
Lamiae Naki- vocals
Antonio Rey’s career began at the age of ten. He was soon performing on international stages and winning prestigious awards for his incredible virtuosity, such as the Premio Nacional de Guitarra (also won by Paco de Lucia and Vicente Amigo), National Competition of the Art of Flamenco of Córdoba, Niño Ricardo National Competition of Flamenco Guitar, International Flamenco Guitar Competition of Jerez and others. He has performed with many of the most important flamenco artists, such as Paco de Lucia, Diego El Cigala, Antonio Canales, Diego del Morao, Richard Bona, Estrella Morente, Joaquín Cortés, Miguel Poveda, among others. Rey has performed in prestigious concert halls around the world including Tokyo, Moscow and across Latin America and Europe and Iran. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of the top living flamenco guitarists perform in Seattle!
Antonio Rey will be accompanied by renowned flamenco dancer and singer Mara Rey from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp and guest vocalist Lamiae Naki (born in Morocco).

Doors open at 7:30pm

Tamino with Matt Holubowski at Barboza
2020-03-15 20:00 - 22:00 | the Barboza, 925 E Pike St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Tamino with Matt Holubowski

Tamino Biography:
Of Belgian, Egyptian and Lebanese heritage the 21-year-old musician has written and shaped an album of startling, visceral, sit-up-and-listen power. “Amir” features a handful of tracks from his debut EP, “Habibi” including Indigo Night which features Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on bass guitar. Although the majority of the playing heard on “Amir” is Tamino himself, he is joined by a collective of Arabic musicians based in Brussels called “Nagham Zikrayat”. The Firka (orchestra) is predominantly made up of professional musicians from the Middle East, most of which have refugee status having predominantly fled from Iraq and Syria.
Over the course of “Amir”, Tamino captures a range of emotions from romance to desolation, and almost everything in between. It’s mood music, painted in a number of different shades.
Tamino: “Some of the songs on “Amir” are more on the romantic side, whilst others are more on the apathetic side. In my own life, I can look at the world and at life in both ways depending on my state of being. The conflict creates an imbalance. “Amir” is about balance”

Age Restrictions: 21 and over only
Important Notice: All tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable with the exception of event cancellation. Support acts are subject to change.

Cancelled: Love Beyond Borders: Seattle Men's Chorus Mission Partnership
2020-03-20 20:00 - 21:30, 2020-03-21 14:00 - 15:30 | S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium – Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!
What would you do for love? Would you cross oceans and boundaries, leave behind your past for a future of freedom and possibility?
Inspiring musical stories of escape and hope are joined by pop songs made famous by LGBTQ artists from across the globe including Freddie Mercury, Ricky Martin and k.d. lang.
Featuring a world premiere commission inspired by the lives of LGBTQ refugees who experienced incredible adversity in their efforts to seek safety and leave behind the home countries that did not accept them. With music from Caldwell and Ivory, Lyn Rye, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, and Bonnie McKee.

Tickets can be found here:
https://flyinghouse.secure.force.com/ticket/?fbclid=IwAR0QIqJcA–Twn5fn77JIpcZDp2295Ua1-8lFS5yYZN2fgtI15lS4gl3-i4#/events/a0S1S000007A95ZUAS

Cancelled: Crescendo at SIFF
2020-03-25 20:30 - 22:15 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
This event has been cancelled!
As part of a peace summit, a world-famous German conductor (Peter Simonischek; THE INTERPRETER, SJFF 2019) creates an orchestra of specially chosen Israeli and Palestinian youth musicians. But can music overcome the feelings of mistrust and suspicion striking chords and shrill notes onstage and off? It takes all the conductor’s skill and resources—and divulging his own tragic story—to overcome the discord and teach them how to achieve harmony, leading to a tense and emotional finale.
Academy Award-nominated director Dror Zahavi has united an impressive supporting cast of Israeli and Palestinian non-actors playing the students into a convincing ensemble, who fight, argue, laugh, and make music together in this dramatic, humanist hymn about forgiveness, reconciliation, and the astounding power of music.
Winner of the 2019 Audience Prize at the Festival of German Film.
Dror Zahavi | Drama | Germany, Israel, Italy | 2019 | English, German w/English subtitles | 112m
Rating: PG-13
Special Guest Intro and performance by Bram Schenck, principal clarinetist for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and member of the National Youth Orchestra

Arabic Online Karaoke Party
2020-04-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Washington
Make sure to have your Zoom app on mobile phone or tablet installed, it is free. Or, install Zoom player on your desktop.
Find your karaoke music on YouTube and add the link on the Facebook event.

Silkroad Home Sessions with Kinan Azmeh
2020-04-19 12:00 - 12:30 | Washington
Silkroad Home Sessions with Kinan Azmeh

Sunday, April 19, 2020
3:00 PM 3:30 PM

Bringing you music from our homes to yours. ❤️ #songsofcomfort
Location: Facebook
Date: Sunday, April 19
Time: 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PDT
Artist: Kinan Azmeh
Repertoire: TBA
Please note, this session will not be saved following the LIVE transmission.

Postponed: New Is Old Is New with Rahim Alhaj
2020-04-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2020-04-26 19:30 - 21:30 | The KEXP Gathering Space, 472 1st Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
IN COLLABORATION WITH RAHIM ALHAJ
“One of the top oud players in the world” – San Francisco Chronicle
Felix Mendelssohn – Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde Overture
Rahim Alhaj – Letters from Iraq
Rahim Alhaj – Concerto for Oud and Orchestra
Rahim Alhaj, Oud
Nick Baker, Cajón & Riq

Silkroad Home Sessions with Hadi Eldebek
2020-05-04 09:00 - 09:30 | Washington
Silkroad Home Sessions with Hadi Eldebek

Monday, May 4, 2020
12:00 PM 12:30 PM

Bringing you music from our homes to yours. ❤️ #songsofcomfort
Location: Facebook
Date: Monday, May 4
Time: 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT
Artist: Hadi Eldebek
Repertoire: Solo Arabic Music

Justice Beats
2020-05-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Washington
JUSTICE BEATS

SCHEDULE / EASTERN STANDARD TIME!

The Peace Poets / 1 pm. (10am PST)
DJ Sarouna / 1:15pm (10:15am PST)
Clarissa Bitar / 1:50pm (10:50am PST
Ty Defoe / 2:15pm (11:15am PST)
John Scott-Richardson / 2:35pm (11:35am PST)
Dakota Camacho / 2:50pm (11:50am PST)
Rebel Betty / 3:15pm (12:15pm PST)
Emmanual Candelario / Peace Poets / 3:55pm (12:55pm PST)
Yadira De La Riva / 4:05pm (1:05pm PST)
Tef Poe / 4:20pm (1:20pm PST)
Agile One / 5:05pm (2:05pm PST)
Pacia Elaine / 5:35pm (2:35pm PST)
Makeda Kravitz / 5:45pm (2:45pm PST)
Frantz Jerome / Peace Poets / 6:20pm (3:20pm PST)
MarshaMayI? / 6:25pm (3:25pm PST)
Lyriq Tye / 6:55pm (3:55pm PST)

https://www.justicebeats.com/lineup

Queen Naija at Marymoor Park
2020-06-06 19:00 | Marymoor Park, 6046 West Lake Sammamish Parkway NE, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
As a little girl growing up outside Detroit, Queen Naija started singing in church at the age of three and writing her own songs in third grade. Although she kept up with her singing and songwriting as she got older—and even cut a few records in a local studio—her focus shifted when she and her former husband found fame online with their wildly popular YouTube channel. But when their marriage fell apart last year, Queen returned to her lifelong passion and released a powerfully unapologetic single that shares her side of the story.

Arabs Nightlife (Sahra Arabia)
2020-06-25 20:00 - 21:00 | Washington
Join our board member Oussama and his friends for Arabs Nightlife (Sahra Arabia). We will have our local artist Marwa singing Fairouz during our live streaming on Facebook.

Community Meeting with Bassam Saba
2020-06-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Washington
Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop Faculty Artist Bassam Saba will present a solo performance/discussion live on Facebook, providing a general overview of her style/culture/instrument, and sharing her own personal and artistic story. The presentation will also feature live musical selections and an interactive Q&A.
Visit facebook.com/silkroadproject to watch.

Monday, June 29, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM (EST) – 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (PST)

Seffarine: Edmonds City Park Concert
2020-08-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Edmonds City Park, 600 3rd Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Seffarine’s international blend of sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp. Their music embraces and extends Naki’s rich heritage, which spans from Moorish Spain to the Sahara, by mixing Arabic Andalusi music with Manuel Gutierrez’s explosive flamenco footwork, the grooves of acclaimed bassist Damian Erskine and the exotic instrumentation of Persian master multi-instrumentalist Bobak Salehi. These diverse backgrounds meld into an intoxicating blend of ancient and modern that Bass Player Magazine describes as a “gorgeous intersection of Spanish flamenco, Arabic and Andalusian music, Persian classical, and jazz”.

Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Lamiae’s home city of Fes, Morocco. Her family is well known in the Seffarine as master metalworkers continuing the tradition today. The square dates back to the 9th century and is famous for the complex rhythms that can be heard from the blacksmiths’ hammers.

Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert
2020-09-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Washington
Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert

Sunday, September 13, 2020
12:00 PM 2:00 PM EST (9:00 AM 11:AM PST)

Please click here to register for the concert.
