Gaida
General Info
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Genre: Acoustic / Bossa Nova / Jazz
Location Un
Profile Views: 78702
Last Login: 5/19/2012
Member Since 5/14/2006
Website gaidamusic.com
Record Label Palmyra Recordings
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Gaida sings innovative interpretations of classical Levantine music and folk songs from Syria as well as her "breathtaking" originals and freestyle improvisations over Arabic and Latin grooves. Gaida's music reflects the diversity of her background that flows together organically and naturally; tied together by "her depth of soul" and her "evocative and expressive voice", which "transcends genre and drives directly into the listener's heart". Gaida performed throughout the United States including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, BAM, Joe's Pub, Le Poisson Rouge, and numerous World Music Festivals. We also recorded and appeared in major films such as Jonathan Demme's, Rachel Getting Married. Her first Album "Levantine Indulgence", was described by Peter Canby, from The New Yorker Magazine, "Beyond Perfect" Her live performances have received rave reviews: "Entrancing and luscious" ~ Time Out New York "Gaida stirs up magic on stage" ~ The Detroit News "Very few singers in the New York or world-music scene are as effusive or charming as Syrian songstress, Gaida" ~ Timeout New York -
Members
Band Members: Vocalist Gaida, Oud and Derbakeh player Zafer Tawil, Pianist George Dulin, Santoor player and trumpeter Amir Elsaffar, and bassist Jennifer Vincent. -
Influences
"My mother, Sabah Fakhri, Damascus breeze, the rain, the birds, Um Kulthum, Fairuz, Najat Al-saghera, Janice Joplin, Sufi music, the call to prayer, the Eid prayers, Hamza Shakoor, the Blues, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, the sounds of strings and the nay, Abdul Halim Hafez, and the people in my life", Gaida -
Sounds Like
"The depth of the expression that [Gaida emits] goes so very far. Like an old soul in a young and beautiful form. Hearing [Gaida's] voice makes one reflect and think of all of the experiences lived and the ones that we will live". Suzana Peric-Music Editor-The Lord of the Ring
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Music
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9 Songs | Jun 12, 2010
Aziza Ahbar 10 months ago
Equal Balance Riddim… 2 years ago
lea jourdan Thanks for the add . I like your mixing style , i'm glad to have you as a my space friend !
Take care Lea .
2 years ago
Nizar Qabbani
2 years ago
Tim Cheatle
2 years ago
Yasmin Reese 2 years ago
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Damascus Media 2 years ago
Tim Cheatle
2 years ago
Wassim Soubra C'est super ce que tu fais. Wassim
2 years ago
10 of 250MoreJ'aime!!!
Vraiment fabuleuse!!!
Biz
Aziza
Hi thanks for the add,have a nice time.
Hi Gaida .
WORDS
He lets me listen, when he moves me,
Words are not like other words.
He takes me, from under my arms,
He plants me in a distant cloud;
And the black rain in my eyes
Falls in torrents, torrents.
He carries me with him, he carries me
To an evening of perfumed balconies.
And I am like a child in his hands,
Like a feather carried by the wind.
He carries for me seven moons in his hands,
and a bundle of songs.
He gives me sun, he gives me summer,
and flocks of swallows.
He tells me that I am his treasure,
And that I am equal to thousands of stars,
And that I am treasure, and that I am
more beautiful than he has seen of paintings.
He tells me things that make me dizzy,
that make me forget the dance and the steps.
Words… which overturn my history,
which make me a woman… in seconds.
He builds castles of fantasies,
which I live in… for seconds…
And I return… I return to my table,
Nothing with me…
Nothing with me… except words.
Love and hugs from Damascus, the city of jasmine and romance.
Nizar Qabbani
Hiya Gaida!
I've recently made my new album-"Mind Set".
There's 7 tracks from it up on my myspace player!
God Bless,
Tim.
Thanks for the add
Have a great weekend and make sure you have a listen to our songs!
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Bonjour Gaida,