Omar Souleyman Jazeera Nights

• 1. Hafer Gabrak Bidi (I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands)
• 2. Ala Il Hanash Madgouga (The Bedouin Tattoo)
• 3. Hot Il Khanjar Bi Gleibi (Stab My Heart)
• 4. Kell Il Banat Inkhatban (All The Girls Are Engaged)
• 5. Labji Wa Bajj Il Hajar (My Tears Will Make Stones Cry)
• 6. Dazeitlak Dezzeli (I Signal, You Deny)
• 7. Li Raja Behawakom (I Beg You, Baby)
• 8. Mandal/Metel Il Sukkar Ala Il Shai (I Don't Know/Like The Sugar in the Tea )
• 9. Eih Min Elemkom (From The Day That I Told You)

This is Omar Souleyman's third Western collection on CD!

The retrospective features live recordings spanning 15 years of Omar's tireless repertoire, and is rife with frenzied Syrian dabke (a regional folkloric dance and party music), Iraqi choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others -- an amalgamation that exemplifies the musical essence of Northeastern Syria. Culled from cassettes recorded between 1995 and 2009, this collection offers a further rare glimpse into Syrian street-level dabke folk-pop -- a phenomena seldom heard in the West, not previously deemed serious enough for export by the Syrians and rarely, if ever, included on the import agenda of worldwide academic musical committees.

Features a full-color 8-page booklet with great photos, a general overview of the lyrics translated into English and liner notes by compiler Mark Gergis.