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Reem Kelani

Born: August 7

Reem Kelani, the Palestinian singer, musician, musicologist and broadcaster, was born in England, brought up in Kuwait, and she now lives in London. Reem is both bi-lingual and bi-cultural. She does her own research, composes and arranges her music, trains and leads her (mostly non-Arab) musicians in Arabic music, and sings. She is at once respectful of convention and highly innovative.

Reem’s profile in the Arab and non Arab world continues to grow in equal measure, all the more to her credit as an unsigned artist who has preserved her independence, musically, spiritually and politically.

Why Do I Love Her?

By Reem Kelani

Label: Fuse Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. "Last Night, O Saud", a love song from Kuwait, from Reem’s formative years there;

2. "Going up the Mountain", a traditional Palestinian song from the Galilee, which Reem has already been busy introducing to school and community choirs across the UK;

3. “Why Do I Love Her?” The title track of the EP, Reem wrote the lyrics and music of this song to describe her anguished love for Palestine;

4. "Mama Don’t Allow", an American blues number Reem used to sing to her mother, rendered in her unique fashion as an Arabic jazz singer, and influenced by her father’s fascination with the American songbook.

Reem Kelani: Live at the Tabernacle

By Reem Kelani

Label: Fuse Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: SET I

1. Welcome: Alan Kirwan
2. Let us in! (Hawwilouna!)
3. Let us in! Outroduction
4. Galilean Lullaby (Tahlileh Jaliliyyeh)
5. Sprinting Gazelle: Introduction
6. Sprinting Gazelle (Ah! Ya Reem al-Ghuzlaan)
7. Songs of Parting (Furaaqiyyaat)
8. The Porters’ Anthem (Lahn el-Shayyaalin/Shidd el-Hizaam)

SET I I

1. The Preachers’ Anthem (Lahn el-Fuqahaa’/Shaykh Quffaa’a)
2. 1932 (For Sayyid Darwish)
3. The Ship Sounded its Horn (Babour Zammar)
4. Yarmouk (Huna al-Yarmouk!)
5. Giving Praise (Il-Hamdillah)

Sprinting Gazelle - Palestinian Songs from the Motherland and the Diaspora

By Reem Kelani

Label: Fuse Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 1. As Nazarene Women Crossed the Meadow (Qata'en an-Nasraawiyyaat)
2. The Cameleer Tormented my Heart ('Adthab el-Jammaal Qalbi)
3. Galilean Lullaby (Tahlileh Jaliliyyeh)
4. A Baker's Dozen (Habl el-Ghiwa)
5. Mawwaal (Variations on Loss)
6. Yearning (Khawaatir wa-Asdaa’)
7. Sprinting Gazelle (Ah! Ya Reem al-Ghuzlaan)
8. Yafa! (Jaffa!)
9. Qasidah of Return (Qasidat al-'Awdah)
10. Il-Hamdillah (Giving Praise)