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Yemen Blues performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8. (Ryan Muir for NPR)

Yemen Blues: globalFEST 2012

Jan 10, 2012 — Inspired by sounds from Bedouin rhythms to New Orleans brass bands, the band plays live in concert.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas

"Raw" and "rooty" are two good words for this young, wide-wandering band founded by the Yemeni Jewish singer Ravid Kalahani and Israeli bassist Omer Avital. At times, it evokes New Orleans second-line bands, the mesmerizing and earthy sounds of West African stringed guimbri, and rocking Middle Eastern rhythms, all of which course together in a raucous party of a stage show.

With Kalahani's soulful vocals alternating between the grit of the Mississippi Delta to the falsetto of Prince-style funk, Yemen Blues was one of the breakout favorites from this year's globalFEST lineup.

Set List

  • "Eli"

  • "Yemen Blues"

  • "Um Min Al Yaman"

  • "Trape La Verite"

  • "Jat Mahibathi"

  • "At Va'Ani"

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