Loading ...Smithsonian Folkways Shares Powerful ‘Letters From Iraq’ by Oud Master Rahim AlHaj
Press release: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In 1991, oud player Rahim AlHaj fled Iraq, leaving behind his native land after being imprisoned twice for his political outspokenness. On ‘Letters From Iraq’ (out 4/7 on Smithsonian Folkways), the two-time Grammy nominee’s eight pieces for oud, string quintet, and percussion convey the story of contemporary Baghdad, from the fall … Continued