Sir Richard Bishop The Freak of Araby cd

$13.00

cd
2009
new
Backed by the members of Oaxacan on bass & percussion, SRB's latest dips into several covers of 60s & 70s arabic pop. Harmonized guitars give touches of Queen to 'Essaouria' & 'Enta Omri'. And in fact the intro to the Oum Kalthoum standard is slower & a little less funky than you might expect. Couple of Bishop's own songs recall back catalog SGC tracks (compare 'Blood Stained Sands' to 'And So the Dead Tongue Sang' fer examp). Overall though, you get to hang ten through fairouzifried surf guitar. The tube of the wave is rich & dark. Tracklisting: Taqasim for Omar, Enta Omri, Barbary, Solenzara, The Pillars of Baalbek, Kaddak el Mayass, Essaouira, Ka'an Azzaman, Sidi Mansour, Blood-Stained Sands.
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    • Released by the wonderful label: Drag City

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