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Karim Bader, Legendary Arab Oudist
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
Posted in Middle Eastern music, oud, Uncategorized
Tagged Arabic, award, Beirut, detroit, Iraq, Lebanon, michigan, oud
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Amer-abic Percussionist Remembered: Eddie “the Sheik” Kochak
2018 marked the end of another legendary icon of Middle Eastern music in America, his name was Eddie “the Sheik” Kochak. He was 97 years old. Another way to describe Kochak would be to refer to him as a personality. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amer-abic, Arabic, belly dance, Danny Thomas, darbukka, Dean Martin, Kochak, music, New York, oud, Syria, The Sheik, violin
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Roger Krikorian and his legacy
It seems like yesterday that ‘one of our own’ passed away. I am speaking of Roger Krikorian who was a world-class Armenian dumbeg musician from the New England (Boston, MA) area. He died in 2007. I still remember where I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabic, Armenian, Armenian Weekly, Buddy Sarkissian, CD, church, dance, dumbeg, Gary Alexanian, Greek, Hachig Kazarian, John Berberian, Massachusetts, music, musician, New England, Onnik DInkjian, Richard Hagopian, Roger Krikorian, Singing, St Johns, St. Sarkis
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