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100% pure blend ARABICANA



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   NO blues: General Info
Member Since5/8/2006
Band WebsiteONinternet.nl
Band Members Ad van Meurs (guitar, vocals)
Haytham Safia (Ud: Arabian lute, vocals)
Anne-Maarten van Heuvelen (double bass, vocals)
Osama Maleegi (percussion)
Ankie Keultjes (vocals & FOH mixing)
Eric van de Lest (drums)
special guest Ya Dunya: Tracy Bonham (violin & vocals)

special guests LUMEN: Sophie Cavez (diatonic accordeon), Raphaela Danksagmüller (duduk)

Download lyrics Lumen

FAREWELL SHALABIYE, YA DUNYA & LUMEN AVAILABLE AT CD BABY, BOL.COM, AMAZON.COM OR iTUNES

NO BLUES: LUMEN


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For Holland contact your local recordshop, or buy LUMEN directly from the band by using our online store.
Where to deliver ?

NO blues is a productiehuis ON project, check out more ONusual stuff at

booking and info about NOblues @ ON

AD VAN MEURS (guitar)
Ad van Meurs started his musical career in the 70s as pianist with the folk rock-band Deirdre. In 1982 he formed the successful new wave band W.A.T. who were uniquely remarkable because of their special fusion between the synthesizer and (slide) guitar. By 1988, armed with his guitar and rythmbox he soldiered on under the guise of The Watchman.

HAYTHAM SAFIA (Ud, Arabic lute)
Haytham Safia (1980) is from Kafr Yasif, a small town in Galilee. His passion for the U’d starts at an early stage. In 2001 he makes his debut as a performer in the Netherlands, where he acquires a firm position in the musical ensemble accompanying the Galili Dance Group: they tour through Europe. In 2002 he graduates with distinction at the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. Haytham Safia is in essence a classical Arabic musician, but his compositions and music are influenced by other musical styles such as Persian, Balkanian and jazz music.

ANNE-MAARTEN VAN HEUVELEN (double bass)
Anne-Maarten bought his first bass at the age of 15. His musical influence began with the blues but over the years he has been known to play jazz, punk, reggae and rock. After living and playing the gig circuit in New York he returned to the Netherlands as leadsinger and bass-player of the 50s style blues-band the Marbletones.

Booking NO blues in your venue?
in Belgium:

booking  NO blues in Belgium
Thomas Van der Spiegel Events Mobile: +32 (0) 495 63 03 41 Fax: +32 (0) 52 35 59 97 E-mail: events@thomasvanderspiegel.com www.thomasvanderspiegelevents.com

Schouwburg boekingen in NL via:

booking  NO blues in nl schouwburgen
Vivesco | Javastraat 18bis 3531 PP Utrecht | The Netherlands T : +31 (0)6 24807266 T/F: +31 (0)30 2937442 SKYPE: vivesco-nl info@vivesco.nl | www.vivesco.nl

For the rest of NL & Europe and all other info:

booking and info about NOblues @ ON
Rob Kramer | noblues@oninternet.nl | www.ONinternet.nl | productiehuis ON | 0031(0)570600177
InfluencesAmericana, Folk, traditional Arabic music, Blues, Roots music
Sounds LikeWe call it ARABICANA
Record LabelCRS
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
Into The Great Wide Open Vlieland, Friesland
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
Tolhuijstuin Amsterdam
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
De Amer Amen
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Zaantheater Zaandam
Dec 9 2009 8:00P
Theater De Vest Alkmaar
Dec 11 2009 8:00P
Chasse Theater Breda, Noord-Brabant
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
LUX Nijmegen, Gelderland
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
Rabotheater Hengelo (ov), Overijssel
Dec 19 2009 8:00P
Vredenburg Utrecht
Dec 20 2009 8:00P
Oosterpoort Groningen
Jan 24 2010 8:00P
Tropentheater Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Jan 29 2010 8:00P
Agora Lelystad
Feb 26 2010 8:00P
De Kom Nieuwegein
Mar 20 2010 8:00P
Bouwkunde Deventer
Mar 21 2010 8:00P
De Oude Tijd Aarschot
Apr 1 2010 8:00P
De Flint Amersfoort
Apr 23 2010 8:00P
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   About NO blues
New NO blues cd is released in Holland in December 2008, Europe and US will follow in the spring of 2009! It is called LUMEN and Sophie Cavez (BE) on diatonic accordion & Raphaela Danksagmüller on Duduk are our special guests. You can support your NO blues musicians by buying the cd directly on this website. If you are living outside of Europe use the CDbaby button.

new NO blues cd LUMEN

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For NO blues productiehuis ON invited Ad van Meurs, Haytham Safia and Anne-Maarten van Heuvelen; their assignment was to investigate the combination of American folk-blues and traditional Arabic music.

Both folk-blues and the Arabic taqsim (the improvised interplay without a fixed rhythm) are exceptionally suited for storytelling; the former in a somewhat rawer way, the latter mostly lyrical and melodic. In the same way as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie documented their era in the early 20th century, the instrumentalist is the torchbearer of a centuries-old tradition in the virtually unwritten Arabic music culture.
Traditional Arabic music differs from other music cultures in the way in which the music scale is subdivided. Thus the music can adopt forms that are nearly impossible in the western octave system.

At the first NO blues sessions in 2004 the musicians soon succeeded in establishing a singular integration of folk-blues and Arabic music.
A real cross-breeding we call ARABICANA. A brand new sound that is created at the point where the river Eufraat and Tigris cross the Mississippi.
The sessions were concluded in 2004 and in 2005 the HT studio was visited in order to record the first album Farewell Shalabiye under the supervision of Ankie Keultjes.

After making waves with this album, a second album called Ya Dunya was released in February 2007. This album had 10 brand new tracks, including 3 songs together with Tracy Bonham on vocals and violin. The cd also has a bonus cd with one song of each of the individual records of the musicians of NO blues. The cd is available at bol.com, iTunes, cdbaby and in all major recordstores in Europe.
Now the new cd Lumen is released. In the next couple of months NO blues will be touring Holland, France, Belgium, Mexico, the Tjech republic and Germany.
We get a lot of demand to tour France again, but due to the fact we don't have management in France, no dates are available yet.

If you want us to keep you updated on new releases, gigs and gossip of NO blues, drop us a mail at noblues@oninternet.nl

NO blues & interviews @ Ottersum


NO blues @ Blues Alive festival Sumperk (Tjech television)


Live @ the 3daysON festival in Deventer 2008 with Tracy Bonham, Sophie Cavez en Tres Manos (interviews in Dutch, except for Tracy :-)




CLICK HERE FOR MORE VIDEOFOOTAGE OF NO BLUES

REVIEWS AND BACKGROUND INFO ON LUMEN & NO blues:
- Recensie LUMEN Soundslike januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN OOR januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN alt.country januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN Moors magazine januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN Leids Dagblad januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN bluesmagazine januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN rootsville (be) januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN folkforum januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN in BN de stem januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie LUMEN in het Parool januari 2009 (NL)
- Recensie Farewell Shalabiye 2006 )(NL)
- NO blues in dagblad de pers januari 2008 (NL)
- recensie Ya Dunya in Trouw 22 september 2007 (NL)
- Interview Haytham Safia, Wandelende Tak, radio 6(NL)
- review of festival de Art, Huy (French)
- Interview Ad van Meurs bij Kunststof, radio 1(NL)
- review File under.nl
- 3VOOR12 Eindhoven(NL)
- INakustik (De)

NO blues & Galili Dance present U'd, Us & Hiccups



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NO blues's Friends Comments
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Albatrio





Jul 14 2009 2:17 PM

So much pleasure for us to be your friend, you truly had to be one of the very first. I started to think about this project after hearing your band and some others two years ago. i also hope our roads will cross one day ! And as we say in france : A la prochaine ! Fred d'Albatrio
criquette's





Jul 12 2009 11:54 AM

Thank you for your invitation ! it's a great pleasure for me because I really like your music ! Christine.
Spaceflight





Jul 12 2009 11:51 AM

SENDING YOU SOME LUV FROM THE SPACE!

DWELL IN PEACEFUL LIGHT!

GREETINGS FROM SPACEFLIGHT
Silvia





Jul 9 2009 11:57 AM

Ik hoor gisteravond ineens een vreemd geluid vanuit m'n CD rekje...dus ik ga kijken.... En wat blijkt: 2 kindjes van Ankie hebben elkaar weer gevonden en staan gebroederlijk naast elkaar te dansen: NO blues/Lumen en Vals Plat/Spoor! 2 prachtige kindjes!
Amparo García-Otero





Jul 9 2009 11:57 AM

Thanks very much for request and friendship. Congratulations for your music and site. Great tracks!. Best regards! Amparo García-Otero. Singer and songwriter. Spain.
Barbara





Jul 8 2009 8:03 AM

thanks
great
love and success
Blueskrauts





Jul 7 2009 2:08 PM

Thank you so much for takin'us to your community : )
Michasel Nazarius





Jul 7 2009 2:08 PM

Thanks for the add!
Minute Papillon





Jul 7 2009 2:07 PM

Merci my friends, the blend of your misic is really exquisite !
Great videos too !

Love from Paris ***

RACISM.IS.A.CRIME





Jul 3 2009 8:31 AM

Dear No Blues, Ya Dunya = Oh World,
Thank you for the request & support, marhaba!
Wish you the best,
Sincerely
Fifidroki





Jul 3 2009 8:30 AM

Hi!
Thanks for the Add!!
Greetings from Poland
M&M’sFlute





Jun 30 2009 2:08 PM

Thank's for the add..... Respect,Peace&love...
Frédéric





Jun 30 2009 2:08 PM

Thank you for adding and welcome to my new page with photos of Britain and elsewhere.

Good day
Friends
Fred
Nobody Knows





Jun 26 2009 7:45 AM

Best regards!
soy como soy





Jun 25 2009 8:32 AM

merci pour l'invit , bonne continuation
World Beat - KMSU





Jun 20 2009 12:28 PM

Greetings No blues,
I really dig your music and hope to ADD you to the mix on The World Beat.
- Mark
Jive For Your Life





Jun 18 2009 9:07 AM

Bedankt voor het toevoegen!
bibiche42





Jun 18 2009 9:07 AM

une petite visite pour voir un peu votre actu!!
je vous souhaite une bonne journée ........et que vos concerts estivaux soient une réussite!!
amitiés
bises
Saby O´





Jun 17 2009 3:14 PM

Hey NO blues, thanks for seeking me out! Have a wonderful week, Saby O'.
G.O.D. (official)





Jun 17 2009 3:14 PM

thanks for the friendship!
cheers.....!
Tomer Ben Ari





Jun 17 2009 3:14 PM

yo
great music(-:

check my new track

have a good time(-:
Dennis Wels





Jun 17 2009 3:14 PM


Daar ben ik heel blij mee. Bedankt.
Ik doe nu hetzelfde.
Kara Johnstad





Jun 15 2009 9:29 AM

you are once again on tomorrows essence show.

Airs 2 pm to 7 pm - London time - two shows back to back. Sundays.

Tomorrow you are on at 4:30 pm to 7 pm and next week then in the first show from 2 - 4;30 pm.

Please drop me a line so that I can ask you something.. I no longer have an email address for you and here it is not possible to write messages due to away status.


Talk soon,

Kara

Producer and host of THE ESSENCE SHOW
www.globalvortexradio.com

"a sound choice for global mind - global heart."
Soul of Istanbul





Jun 15 2009 9:29 AM

THANX ALOT FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND WELCOME TO MYSPACE OF "SOUL OF ISTANBUL".








..

ISTANBUL, THE MEETINGPOINT OF CULTURES AND RELIGIONS
uncle attila¤





Jun 15 2009 9:29 AM

Hey there!

Thank you for finding me & for the friendship!How did you know I like your music?:)So,I am amazed by your wonderful music!Much love,success & happiness to you all,cheers:attila!
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