FAIRUZ - Chat Iskandaria LP Grunge Academy Award nominee John Hawkes

Academy Award nominee John Hawkes portrays the instantly iconic private eye Mel Sampson

and who used to take the bus to Haledon to rehearse—and the return of Weckerman

While the traditional Wassoulou pieces provide the rhythmic and harmonic elements

melody and their respective emotional resonance

this album remained in the obscurity for almost 50 years

FAIRUZ - Chat Iskandaria LP Grunge Academy Award nominee John HawkesWewantsounds is delighted to reissue Fairuz"s classic album Chat Iskandaria released on Relax in in 1987. The album sees The Lebanese Diva going back to her roots and interpreting classic songs by the Rahbani Brothers in her own style accompanied by hypnotic traditional orchestral arrangements. Coming with its original deluxe gatefold sleeve, The album curated by Mario Choueiry from Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), who also wrote the liner notes (Fr