Rahim AlHaj - "Eastern Love" [Studio Session]

Watch Rahim AlHaj perform "Eastern Love" from his Smithsonian Folkways release 'Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet.'
'Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet' is available on CD and Digital.
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'Letters from Iraq' expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj with string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass) and percussion. He says, “Music can make us laugh, make us cry, make us march into war. I want to make music to make us realize peace.” These recordings are of deep emotion and great beauty, melding mastery of Iraqi and Western classical genres alike to form something entirely new.
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[@monicaaraya6405]

Sublime esta musica eleva al ser humano al AMOR expresar esto es a lo que TODOS aspiramos
Bendiciones del altisimo a todos los seres que comparten esta tecnologia.

[@georgepavlov3350]

Mesmerized…..Beautiful

[@user-wg5dh8xj5k]

احلى استاذ رحيم تحياتي لك يا جميل الروح

[@mbkirova]

Haunting.

[@lachouetteblanchelachouett7250]

Gorgeous !
So deep
So beautiful !
Essalem de Salima Feddal from Lyon France
SLM

[@velrajan5599]

பிறம்மாதம்... So nice ...

[@karenvarian1174]

beautiful!

[@sparrow7399]

good performance

[@FruitFanatic33]

Wow.....

[@muradalzubi5349]

so fantisistic .... thx for this very nice music ... cos when i listen take me to another world

[@user-dj5nb2ns2t]

my uncle💖

[@mousal44]

💖💖💖

[@AlejandroGarciaIglesias]

Very nice playing. Some parts of the melody sounds similar to a greek traditional song: ruclips.net/video/PIecagaNuAY/видео.htmlm2s

[@BECOMEASALITTLECHILD]

thank you alejandro Garcia Iglsias for your link. I am truly grateful

[@aysser7962]

بروفسور العود والموسيقى لم ياخذ حقه في الإعلام والشهرة

[@lucascatchlove6612]

dude look like picasso

[@noelreid196]

awesome

[@zarvargh]

Confusing collage of Persian, Arabic and European tunes.

[@madamedellaporte4214]

This is the mish-mash of world music that comes not from the people but recording companies, venues in the west etc

[@DoomSabbatH]

I know. A bit annoying really since I was looking to listen pure oud.

[@andreapetucco6746]

Open your mind, collages is what keep music evolving in time.

[@markdarnell614]

Music, like People - that does not mix with new currents becomes STALE!... Boring, and Archaic! Life is a River - NOT a stagnant pond!

[@zarvargh]

@@andreapetucco6746 This is not evolving, but a patch work.

[@silentgroyper5069]

Sounds like r*pe

[@AbdouSefiani]

What?