Abdel Gadir Salim, Abdel Aziz El Mubarak

Sounds of Sudan

This is a compilation CD, representing the works of four musicians; Abdel Gadir Salim (vocals and oud), Azhari Abdel Gadir (accordion), El Zubeir Mohamed El Hassan (tabla), Mohamed Gubara (vocals and tambour). We will briefly review the two oudists.

"When Abdel Gadir Salim, the exceptional singer, composer and oud player was a student at the prestigious Institute of Music & Drama in Khartoum, he turned for inspiration to the music of his native Kordofan. The province of Kordofan is a desert region to the west of the country, where most of the people are nomadic cattle herders.
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak is, like Salim, an alumni of Mahi Ismail's Institute of Music & Drama. Born in 1951, he not only comes from a musical family, but from a whole village of musicians called Medani." (written by H. M. Yassin, from CD's program notes)

"Sounds of Sudan" was released in 1986 by World Circuit which is a label based in U.K. Word Circuit has a web-site where you can purchase this CD and see their catalog. You can also find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.

Artists and their recordings in this category:

Abdel Karim el Kabli:
Limaza

Abdel Karim el Kably:
Sudan

Abdel Gadir Salim:
Le blues de Khartoum

Mustafa al Sunni:
Songs of the Sudan

Abdel Gadir Salim,
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak:
Sounds of Sudan

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