Category Archives: Middle Eastern music

Karim Bader, Legendary Arab Oudist

Posted on 03/02/2019 by

Abdul Karim Bader, renown Arab oud master has passed away on February 24, 2019 in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Bader was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1921.  “Abdel Karim” means “servant of the generous,” a reference to … Continue reading →

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Chick: The Blue Collar Musician

Posted on 02/11/2019 by

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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