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🎉 Free Summer Shows & New Video Alert! 🎥
Hello friends, In honour of the United Nations designating July 12th as the International Day of Hope, Sultans of String and the Mississauga Symphony under the direction of Dennis Mastromonaco are sharing this live video of “El Bint El Shalabeya”, featuring acclaimed Syrian-Canadian vocalist Leen Hamo.
This arrangement is from the album REFUGE, a collaboration with over 30 musicians, including Majd Sukkar, Leen Hamo, Saskia Tomkins, Tamar Ilana, Padideh Ahrarnejad, Ahmed Moneka, Juan Carlos Medrano, Robi Botos, Ifrah Mansour, Demetrios Petsalakis, Imad Al Taha, Amir Amiri, Béla Fleck, Duke Redbird and others on wide-ranging treatise on displaced peoples.
VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/ewGp1iN0_j4
“This project is centered around the positive contributions of refugees and new immigrants to North America,” says bandleader Chris McKhool (ancestral name Makhoul), whose Lebanese grandfather stowed away on a ship bound for North America a century ago. “We’re collaborating with special guests on the album who are newcomers to this land, Indigenous artists, as well as global talents who have been ambassadors for peace. We wish to celebrate the successes of those who make the journey here and bring their extraordinary talents with them. We hope the conversations we can have as musicians will provide a model for peace that will inspire our politicians and citizens.”
“Refuge is a fantastic, moving, dreamlike, epic, timely album.”
Ken Micallef – Jazz Times, Stereophile, Downbeat
Upcoming shows :
AND we look forward to seeing you at a show soon! Sultans of String shows are listed down below,
And here is a listing for our free family show in Stratford Ontario on July 25! Come on out with the kids and join the band! Click here for more info https://fiddlefire.com/tour/
If you have not heard the 2026 JUNO Award nominated Little Leaf album yet, please check out this link! https://ChrisMcKhool.lnk.to/Album
