- country:Israel
- label:not signed
- artist posted by:soyouz [folklore Moderne]
Line up
- Amir Bresler (drums)
- Amir Zeevi (guitar)
- Hod Moshanov (keytar)
- Liron Haim (vocals)
- Tagel Haim (vocals)
- Tair Haim (vocals)
- Yogev Glusman (bass)
Links
A-Wa! That's an Arabic expression of positive affirmation, and also the moniker and attitude adopted by Tair, Liron and Tagel Haim, three sisters from a remote Yemenite Jewish community in Southern Israel. With a collective voice that only singing siblings can usually achieve, A-Wa have hip-hopped over musical, geographical and social barriers to rack up over a million and still counting views of their video for Habib Galbi, the title track of their album of re-workings of vintage Yemeni-Arabic women's songs, produced by Tomer Yosef of Balkan Beat Box, whose sparkling dance-floor grooves provide the perfect bed for the sisters' scintillating harmonies, eclectically influenced by a range of sources from Yemenite traditional songs through Greek music, reggae, hip-hop, jazz and Egyptian film music to the singing of The Andrews Sisters. Just say A-Wa!