January 06, 2020

New album 'Saadia Jefferson' by Arab Jews El Khat playing Yemeni music - "equal parts technical skill and intangible humanity"

Based in Tel Aviv, El Khat have members from Yemen, Iraq, Poland, and Morocco, playing "international folk fusion music" influenced mostly by traditional Yemeni music. PopMatters says their album 'Saadia Jefferson' is "a heartfelt expression of love for a culture brutally disenfranchised, as well as one of the potential of that same culture to continue to influence new works of creativity".