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The Rough Guide to Ali Hassan Kuban
Released: Jun 4, 2002
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Released: Jun 4, 2002
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The late Ali Hassan Kuban was Nubia's greatest musical treasure, a man who helped make the region's music internationally known with a fire and a funk few have managed to duplicate. While this...
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Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding Classics
Released: Nov 13, 2001
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Released: Nov 13, 2001
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The late Ali Hassan Kuban might just have been the funkiest Nubian around, and if this was the music he and his band played at Egyptian weddings, you have to think the party never ended. He was...
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Walk Like a Nubian
Released: Mar 8, 1994
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Released: Mar 8, 1994
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From the first note, I knew this was a winner. Kuban immediately brings to mind Abdel Aziz el-Mubarak - the tones and melodies are very similar, but Kuban has sped up the Nubian traditional rhythms...
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Nubian Magic - BLUE FLAME
Released: December 1995
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Released: December 1995
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Nubia is a narrow stretch of land that runs alongside the Nile River Valley south of Egypt to Northern Sudan. The region is often called "the Corridor to Africa," and its rich culture bears...
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From Nubia to Cairo
Released: 1980
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Released: 1980
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Kuban's place in Egypt's musical history is one of an innovator who updated many traditional Nubian songs with the addition of electric instruments. Augmenting classical instruments like the oud,...
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