Tour with Blur and Olympics closing concert
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, I'm very excited to tell you that I've been asked by Blur to join them on a short tour leading up to the sold out closing concert of the London 2012 Olympics in Hyde Park! The tour dates are: 5 August ...
Alif Ensemble – Tour Photos and Review
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffFor those of you that weren't following the Alif Ensemble on Twitter or Facebook, our residency and short UK tour were an awesome experience. You can see more photos from our shows on the Alif Ensemble website and read an excellent review ...
Resonance/Dissonance 1st birthday competition winner
Friday, June 8th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffMany congratulations to Bart Oonk from the UK for winning the Resonance/Dissonance 1st birthday competition. And a million thanks to all of you who responded with such varied and inspiring answers! My apologise that I can't respond to you all individually ...
Happy Birthday Resonance/Dissonance & Competition
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, One year ago today, Resonance/Dissonance was released into the world. By pure coincidence (or you could call it synchronicity), that very same day was also the 50th anniversary of swiss psychoanalyst C. G. Jung's death. The subconscious creation and conscious ...
Sound of Iraq project
Monday, June 4th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, The Sound of Iraq (SOI) project is dedicated to creating and supporting a new Iraqi National Sound Archive (INSA) as part of the Iraqi National Library and Archives (INLA) in Baghdad, Iraq. As some of you know, I have been ...
Mousiqa Wassalem Festival – Tunis 14-20 June
Monday, June 4th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, I am extremely happy to announce that I have been invited to perform at the first festival for independent Arabic music in Tunis. It is called Mousiqa Wassalem and will take place at the Museè de Carthage in Tunis between ...
Alif Ensemble
Monday, June 4th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, As some of you know, I am currently in Cairo working on an ambitious new project called the Alif Ensemble with two of the most inventive and talented Arabic musicians I know; Palestinian composer and vocalist Tamer Abu Ghazaleh and ...
Double Duo – Sold out show in Oxford and more…
Saturday, April 21st, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, Many thanks to all of you who have come to see the Double Duo shows around the UK so far. We're having a great time on tour (as you can see from the pictures on Facebook) including a sold ...
Double Duo – Update (Sat 14 April 2012)
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, We're happy to tell you that Ahmad Al-Khatib's visa was issued yesterday and he will be joining us in the UK on Monday for the rest of the tour! Many thanks to everyone for their kind messages and to ...
Double Duo – Important Update (Thu 12 April 2012)
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear all, Due to some very unfortunate circumstances beyond our control, we've had to start the Double Duo tour as a trio. Ahmad Al-Khatib has still not been granted a visa to enter the UK. We are working hard to try ...
Songlines Music Awards 2012 – Nomination
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, Thanks to your votes, I am delighted to announce that Resonance/Dissonance and I have been nominated for the Songlines Music Awards 2012 in the Newcomer category alongside Bombino (for the album Agadez), Fatoumata Diawara (for the album Fatou) and Trio Tekke ...
Limited signed copies of Resonance/Dissonance
Monday, March 12th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, The 2nd pressing of the Resonance/Dissonance CD+DVD has arrived. Limited signed copies are now available exclusively from Nawa Recordings.
Double Duo – Making Tracks UK Tour
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, If you don't know already, the Double Duo project with Ahmad Al-Khatib, Youssef Hbeisch and Andrea Piccioni will be touring the UK in April. Tickets are now on sale. Follow us on Twitter here, Facebook here and join us at ...
World Routes: On the Road
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off'World Routes: On The Road', a new compilation album by BBC Radio 3 was released this week. It is a 2CD set of previously unreleased material recorded by the programme on location over the last 10 years. Alongside recordings by incredible artists ...
Happy New Year!
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Concert in Ramallah
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in General | Comments OffDear friends, I'm very happy to announce that I will be performing Resonance/Dissonance in Ramallah on Dec 9th 2011. The concert is being organised by Eka3 and marks the launch of their activities in Palestine. There will hopefully also be another ...
Egypt concerts update and thanks!
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in General | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_1093" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="El-Kabina - Alexandria 19 Nov 2011"][/caption] As most of you know, I had a few concerts in Egypt earlier this month and despite the continuing post-revolution troubles we managed two concerts out of three. The first two concerts ...
Marat/Sade opens this week
Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in General | Comments OffIt has been a non-stop month, working very hard on the new RSC production of Marat/Sade with an awesome cast and creative team. The play will officially open on Friday 21 October. There will be a live band performing the music ...
Interview with Khaleejesque
Monday, September 19th, 2011 Posted in General, Interviews | Comments OffThe Gulf based online lifestyle magazine Khaleejesque recently published a great interview with Khyam. Click here to read it.
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