The ferocious heat on Tihama, the Red Sea coastal plain of Yemen, is matched in the intensity of the tibbal musique, an African-Arabian amalgam that features lyres, reeds and virtuoso drumming. Its practitioners are largely drawn from the akhdam, an outcast group with a reputation for sorcery. Recordings & text by the prodigious Anderson Bakewell, 1982
it is very warm here lately, but not nearly as hot as it is in Tihama, one of the hottest regions on earth, which receives little benefit from the bi-annual monsoons. The Tihami are a profoundly resilient people & just to listen to their recordings is to find out what these folks do when it's hot. be sure to read all about em in the enclosed booklet written by Anderson Bakewell to accompany his masterful recordings of these trances & dances. an invaluable resource for a globally warmer tomorrow. huge thanks to 博林戈 for sharing. further
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