Saturday, September 8, 2012

Local Rima Banna Is The Palestinian Global Star


There's a formula that works for some great names, any name really in any culture. If they mange to find a magical way to celebrate the local folksy scene and take into new territories, they will garner fame all across the world. Bob Dylan did it in the United States, Fayrouz accomplished it in Lebanon, Mohammed Mounir did it in Egypt. In Palestine Rim Banna did just that.

She sang for he grandmother, for her farm and for her little village. And her hard work and creative ways brought her fame and a global fellowship. People seek which is different than their own, that's why Rim was able to it. She has a warm yet easy to manipulate voice, and her performances on stages all over the world are sold out to both Arabic speaking and non. She is a collector of old Palestinians texts, and stories , then she curates them into upbeat songs.

She is a savvy performer who knows how to work out an audience. The tales she sings about are timeless and for many they generate a fuzzy feeling, that's why she has been around for more than decade now. The daughter of the Palestinian city of Nazareth whose Ukrainian composer and guitar player husband whom she met in Russia while she attended the music conservatory constantly makes waves in the music scene.     

 ستي العرجه - ريم بنا the grandma with limp - Rim Banna

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