Someone has dropped off a boxload of sleeveless Arabic pop CDs at one of the charity shops I occasionally frequent. They are going for 50p each, so I took a punt and picked up half a dozen, chosen more or less at random.
My initial research reveals I have acquired three from Lebanon and one apiece from Egypt, Iraq and Algeria. The Algerian CD is "Dellali", the 2001 album by Cheb Mami - the only artist out of the bunch that I had heard of previously. Here are a couple of the highlights.
"Mamazareh" - Cheb Mami
"Rim Lachoua" - Cheb Mami
I'm not sure whether Mami is pronounced "Mar-Mi" or "Mammy", but for the purposes of today's video I'm going for the latter.
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I do like the second song posted. I bet you Sir Roger Whitaker recorded Mammy Blue:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7yWp-YzoE
You could do a Single Song Sunday for the song.