THE ARAB BLUES with TBD special guest

Friday, October 18, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

All Ages

Seated

$18 Advance, $23 Day of Show

This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to our .

For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.

Rami Gabriel & Karim Nagi (aka: The Arab Blues) create an electro urban amalgam of Arab tradition and Chicago Blues. They employ historical and contemporary instruments to reinterpret forms, melodies and rhythms. The result is an original expression of immigrant artistry with passionate musicality and revolutionary attitude.
"..a sound that's sometimes graceful, sometimes noisy, like a Middle Eastern garage band." - Chicago Reader

The Arab Blues traces a trajectory between tradition and innovation. They embody the call of tradition and the response of the diaspora. The synthesis Rami Gabriel and Karim Nagi creates an auditory expression of the power and persistence of tradition and the validity of its transformation under the unique cultural conditions we inhabit. The Arab Blues was developed by Lebanese-Egyptian oud and guitar player Rami Gabriel through a research fellowship at the Center for Black Music Research, two Illinois Artist grants, and a decade of experience as a jazz and blues musician in Chicago. Native Egyptian percussionist Karim Nagi, a 2-time beneficiary of the Doris Duke Building Bridges grant for Muslim Artists, a TEDx speaker, and an accomplished teacher completes this duo with his energetic & lyrical rhythms on Riqq, Tublah, and alternatively assembled drum set.

To learn more about THE ARAB BLUES:

• Visit their website here

Host or Publisher The Cedar Cultural Center