Rim Banna - R.I.M.I.X '2019

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Palestinian vocalist and composer Rim Banna has made a career out of leveraging
respect and dignity for her people using her unmatched artistic expertise and
integrity. Banna studied singing and conducting at the High Institute for Music
in Moscow, one of the worlds more challenging conservatory environments. After
the release of two live records, Jafra (1985) and Your Tears, Mother (1986), and
six years of formal study, Banna graduated from the High Institute in 1991. That
same year she married Ukrainian musician and former classmate Leonid Alexeienko,
with whom she relocated to Nazareth. Upon the couples return to Bannas native
region, she released a collection of Palestinian childrens songs that were on
the edge of disappearance. The Dream (1993) served to preserve and re-popularize
the nearly forgotten repertoire. Banna continued to seek out Palestinian texts
and set them to traditionally influenced music, becoming a cultural icon among
Israeli Arabs. Having achieved stardom in the region, Rim Banna became
noteworthy on an international level with her appearance on the 2003
various-artists release Lullabies from the Axis of Evil. The record featured
female singers from a variety of nations (deemed enemies of freedom by George W.
Bush) singing traditional lullabies alongside English-language stars in hopes of
introducing their music and culture to Western peoples. Bannas follow-up, The
Mirrors of My Soul, caught the attention of audiences the world over, becoming
one of 2005s most acclaimed Arabic crossover releases. Rim Bannas popularity and
reputation as a cultural advocate and political agitator continue to flourish.
Her 2006 album, This Was Not My Story, found a place on European charts among
the years most popular world music releases. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez

01. Rim Banna - The Dream
02. Rim Banna - Loving You
03. Rim Banna - The Sun of Love
04. Rim Banna - Ya Lel Ma Atwalak
05. Rim Banna - Maryam
06. Rim Banna - The Carmel of My Soul
07. Rim Banna - Umamiyyah Anthem

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