The King of Rai Rocked Momo (0)

6/04/10 •

The Dash Arabic Series cafe launched at Momo last night with a fantastic set from the King of Rai Abdelkader Saadoun.
Joined by five incredible musicians we were treated to some classic songs that got the whole crowd singing.
And what a crowd! It was wonderful to see such a full house at our first cafe.
One great [...]

Lyrical Alliance – the first week in the studio (0)

5/27/10 •

Shadia Mansour, Tamer Nafer, Rabah Donquishoot, Samm, Rayess Bek and DJ MK have just made their way back to their separate places after an amazing week in the studio.

They gathered together with roots from all over – Jordan, Palestine, Paris, Lebanon, Algeria and London – to write the beginnings of new music to perform at [...]

A week in the life of Dash Arts (0)

5/27/10 •

We wanted to share these great pictures with you. Taken by the wonderful Miss Polly Bennett, they show the very exciting week we’ve just had.
We launched the Arabic Series in style with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet & Antony Gormley’s incredible production of Babel (Words) at Sadler’s Wells.
In the cafe we offered a complimentary programme [...]

“Rayess Bek Rocked Momo” (0)

5/27/10 •

On Tuesday night Rayess Bek and other Lyrical Alliance artists rocked the packed out Kemia bar at Momo.
After five days of intensive work at the Roundhouse studios, the Lyrical Alliance artists took to the Momo stage and gave us a very exciting preview of the energy and sheer lyrical brilliance that we can expect when they [...]