Kulna Sawa

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kulna Sawa


Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1995 – present
Origin = Damascus, Syria.
Genre = Pop
Folklore
Rock
Label = EMI Music
URL = [http://www.kulnasawa.com/ Official Site]

Kulna Sawa is a Syrian alternative band formed in 1995.

History

In 1995, the band was formed by young musicians who started re-arranging several folkloric songs, and produced them again in a contemporary way.

"Kulna Sawa" (Meaning "all of us are equal") became increasingly popular as they embarked on a series of concerts and TV appearances, culminating in several concerts in October 1999 in Damascus and Aleppo. The concerts were fairly successful that they lasted three nights and were attended by over than 5000 people.

The band was invited to perform at The Syrian Song Festival, which was held at the Ancient Aleppo Citadel in 1999. The band also performed a series of concerts for three nights with British group called (Sin'e) in September 2000. The two bands performed individually and together on stage as part of the British Council's activities and was very successful.

Kulna Sawa signed a worldwide recording contract with EMI Music and released two international albums. First was in June 2001 which included the singles Nezlen Ala El Bustan, Wain A Ramallah, Almaya, Koul Shi Esmoh Jadid and Noujmah Kutbiah. The Album got Golden Record. The video clips were mostly self-produced.

The band toured abroad and did successful concerts most notably in Dubai, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco. Lately, during the launching of their second album Musaique, they did three big concerts with the special appearance at the international Egyptian Musical.

They shared the stage in Broadway in New York on November 2004 with the well known International artist of the The Sopranos TV series Dominic Chianese. They also performed with the famous musician of (Peter, Paul and Mary) Peter Yarrow in Saint Louis.Concerts were held in more than 20 major cities around the U.S including the headquarters of the United Nation in New York were they got their two Awards of Peace.

The Daily Star, said that Kulna Sawa “is breaking new ground with their fusion of Western and Middle Eastern music styles.

The band is in the final stage of recording their new Album”

Band Members

* Iyad Al Rimawi (Composer: Music and Lyrics, Guitar, Vocals)
* Ayham Al Ani (Composer: Music and Lyrics, Guitar, Vocals)
* Bashar Moussa (Lead Vocal)
* Marwan Nakhleh, Hazem Al Ani (Key Board, Piano)
* Rafel Al Haffar (Bass)
* Simon Mouresh (Percussion)
* Khaldoun Kawa (Drums)
* Kinan Azmeh (Saxophone, Clarinet)
* Nizar Omran (Trumpet, Oud)
* Khaled Wazaefi (Sound engineer)

Discography

* "Kulna Sawa" (2001).
* "Musaique" (2003).

External links

* [http://www.kulnasawa.com/ Official Site]