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Rajab Suleiman and Casey from Culture Musical Club
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Zanzibar, Taarab and Dhow Countries Music Academy
Taarab is a style of music from the coast of East Africa. I have been studying taarab of Zanzibar, which is an island off the coast of Tanzania. This is were you find the best taarab musicians and the best taarab music. I worked at the Dhow Countries Music Academy from May 2008 till October 2009.
I have a MD in musicology and my paper called "Dhow Countries Music Academy - Mediating Cultural Trade in the 21st Century" can be read here.
During my studies I was a part of a CD production. It is a fusion of taarab, Oriental music, Norwegian folk music and pop/jazz and it's called "Dhow Crossing - A taarab Journey" released in 2005.
DCMA homepage www.zanzibarmusic.org
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I also have a group called Nyuzi Tisini in Zanzibar playing original compositions mixing Norwegian folk, jazz, oriental music and taarab.
Rajab Suleiman, Qanun, Mahsin Basalama, Tabla, Excel Michael Haonga, bass, Jørn Erik Ahlsen, guitar. |
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