IRAQI RADIO EP 07 (LIVE MIX) - Radio AlHara [11-03-2021]
DJ MoCity coming to you live on Radio Al Hara broadcasting out of Bethlehem, Palestine for an exclusive monthly mix of for IRAQ-A-FELLA Radio. Join us live on the second thursday of every month.
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE via SOUNDCLOUD AND MIXCLOUD
SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/djmocity/iraq-a-fella-radio-ep-07-live-show-radio-alhara-11-03-2021?in=djmocity/sets/iraqafella-on-radio-alhara
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/DJMoCity/iraq-a-fella-radio-ep-07-live-show-radio-alhara-11-03-2021/
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IRAQAFELLA Radio, a monthly radio show on critically acclaimed Palestinian Radio Al Hara, celebrates the rich musical heritage and contemporary artists from Iraq.
Born during the early months of one of the world’s strictest lockdowns in India, IRAQAFELLA Radio started as a way for Delhi-based label owner, boxout.fm co-founder and DJ MoCity to cope with living alone and away from family by rediscovering his music roots.
Alongside a number of friends and frequent collaborators, IRAQAFELLA Radio the show came to life. With features from the likes of artist and writer Sundus Abdulhadi, Iraqi-Canadian rapper, author, university instructor and director Narcy (who also coined the name of the show), Dubai- based creative Zayelkenz and London-based creative director/producer Abdulisms. Each episode explores a branch of sonic heritage for the artists in the form of guest mixes and radio specials.
The radio’s first transmission was hosted by Sundus Abdul Hadi with a crate digger's selection of Iraqi classics including features from The Iraqi Rhythmic Band, Farida, Sita Hagopian & Zuhur Hussein. Iraqi Maqam, Chobi, Chalghi and Songstresses. As nostalgic anthems of a bygone era, the show alludes to first wave of forced migration from Iraq in the ‘90s and to joyous gatherings of the diaspora in different parts of world in spite of their trials and tribulations and a yearning for home, which they would never find in the way the left it.
The show first aired on Radio Al Hara broadcasting from Bethlehem, Palestine, in September 2020 and is now available via Youtube, Soundcloud and Mixcloud.
IRAQAFELLA Radio's second episode is dedicated to a titan and undeniable ambassador of Iraqi music. Dubbed “The Ceasar” Kadim Al Sahir has established himself as one of the most successful singers in the history of the Arab World. With a catalogue of music ranging from big romantic ballads to pop to Arab classical music and other political work.
He performs with an orchestra of twenty to thirty musicians on Arabic percussion, oud, qanun, nay, and a full complement of strings (violin, cello, and bass). His work frequently features Iraqi folk instruments, rhythms and melodies. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition Ana Wa Laila (Me and Laila-his most famous song about his love for Laila), as the sixth most popular songs of all time.
With the show hosted and produced by DJ Mocity, it's a trip back to where it all begins in 1987. His own birth coinciding with the official release of one of Kadim’s earliest singles “Ladghat Al Hayah” - لدغة الحية - just one year before the end of the Iraq-Iran war. At the time it was the source of a major controversy due to particular sensitivities that were common during that era. Iraqi television officials had asked Kadim to either change the lyrics or face having it banned. His refusal to change the lyrics and its consequent ban only helped to increase the popularity of the song through the ages thus making it the obvious choice to kick off the show.
On its third transmission out of Bethlehem, Palestine on Radio Al Hara IRAQAFELLA Radio drops a mix featuring an all-star lineup of legendary Iraqi songstresses with special guest Zayelkenz, an Iraqi, Dubai-based creative and friend of the IRAQAFELLA family.
In December, IRAQAFELLA Radio returns with an all-Iraqi hip-hop special to see out 2020. An exclusive selection of the country's finest underground MCs and rappers home and abroad rounds up the show’s fourth transmission on Radio Al Hara. The team comes together from three corners of the globe with DJ Mocity spinning and recording from New Delhi India, Iraqi-Canadian rapper, author, university instructor, director and founder of IRAQAFella Narcy aka Yassin Al Salman tuning in from Montreal, Canada with some hot selections and exclusive drops. The show is co-presented by London-based Iraqi creative director/producer Abdulisms.