Category Archives: belly dance

The Sarkissian Brothers: Mike & Buddy

Posted on 08/12/2019 by aratopouzian

Recently on Facebook, someone posted the asked the question to readers to mention the name of a Middle Eastern musician ‘gone but not forgotten’. As Facebook inquiries go, this was actually interesting to see all the names generated in this … Continue reading →

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Chick: The Blue Collar Musician

Posted on 02/11/2019 by aratopouzian

As I was growing up listening to Armenian music, there were different groups of instrumentalist musicians that I was aware of that played folk music. One of those groups of musicians were oud players. As far as I was concerned, … Continue reading →

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