Warda

Though Warda was once regarded as an heir to Umm Kulthum's traditionalist Egyptian style, she is in fact part-Algerian and part-Lebanese. Moreover, she is far less purist about her backings and far less ...Read full review

You may well have heard Warda (born Warda Al Jazairia) as background noise in some Middle Eastern restaurant and not thought twice. But a closer listen to this heady mix of Eastern rhythms and Western ...Read full review