Dash Arts & Roundhouse present
Lyrical Alliance
Featuring Talib Kweli
Saturday 16 October 2010 | Roundhouse
Talib Kweli joined the line-up of UK and Arabic Hip Hop artists for this ambitious project.
Lyrical Alliance Artists:
DJ MK (UK)
Rabah Donquishoot (Algeria)
Shadia Mansour (Palestine)
Rayess Bek (Lebanon)
Samm (Jordan)
Tamer Nafar (Palestine)
VJ Jana Saleh (Lebanon)
Hosted by UK hip hop lynchpin DJ MK (KISS FM, Roots Manuva, Dizzee Rascal), Lyrical Alliance was a ground-breaking, international urban music event that transcends language and cultural barriers to celebrate the common pillars of hip-hop all over the world: the beat and the word.
Taking the legendary Mu'Allaqat poems - written at a time when the Arab region was the cultural and intellectual centre of the world – as a starting point, the artists have dug deep into the roots of their art form, developing new work together in a series of live sessions and workshops throughout the year have reached a climax with a series of major concerts in Europe in Autumn 2010.
The second half of the evening featured major US artist Talib Kweli.
A future tour of Lyrical Alliance is currently being planned.
Download the Lyrical Alliance touring pack including information about the production and the artists involved.
Media
Arabic News Channel, MBC covers Lyrical Alliance
Lyrical Alliance Roundhouse October 2010
Watch the event featured on BBC Arabic (Scroll to 24 mins)
Lyrical Alliance: Bazam
Bazam is written by the Dash Lyrical Alliance team featuring Rabah Donquishoot (Algeria), Shadia Mansour (Palestine), Rayess Bek (Lebanon), Tamer Nafer (Palestine) and Samm (Jordan) as part of the Dash Arabic Series.
Read all the latest online coverage of Lyrical Alliance:
Fly Global Music, Songlines, Mondomix, British hip hop, RWD Mag, The Independent and Re-Volt Radio
Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road,
London NW1
Online Booking
Tel: 08444 828008
Tickets: £22.50 + Booking fee
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