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wow.
what a cool souq. what cool architecture.
i know very little about yemen except that there is a tradition of drumming that sounds on recording like it's closely linked to qat intake--fascinating stuff, very intricate, very tranced out. you get no sense from the recordings of whether this is a concert music, a ceremonial music, or just an extension of everyday life. but it's very cool...did you pick up any music while you were there?
what's yemeni pop music like?
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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