Rim Banna ريم بنا R.I.P 1966 - 2018

On March 24th in Nazareth, her hometown, the renowned Palestinian singer Rim Banna died at the age of 51. Daughter of the Palestinian poetess Zuheira Sabbagh, whose various poems she will play during her career, Rim studied in the 80s at the Moscow Conservatory where she met the Ukrainian guitarist Leonid Alexeyenko, her future husband from whom she will have three children. Hercareer took off in the early 90s with the release of the album "The Dream". This will be followed by other excellent works such as the albums "" The mirrors of my soul ", dedicated to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons," Seasons Of Violet - Lovesongs From The Palestine "containing various maternal poems musically adapted and" Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion ", a very deep and poetic album, not perfectly understood in the West, which saw the singer investigate the ancient Arab poetry in a transversal way. Produced by the Norwegian musician Bugge Wesseltoft, "Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion" is perhaps her most complete and complex work with which the artist goes beyond the Palestinian question, always present in her works, and embraces the Arab philosophical heritage in its totality.

An intelligent and open musician and a strong and courageous woman Rim Banna has personally combined her political commitment with musical research, proposing to her countrymen a lay faith with the statement: "We are not Christians and Muslims but Palestinians, our strength it is our national identity, our attachment to our land ".

Very active internationally, over the last decade Rim Banna will tighten a deep bond with the Scandinavian music scene and will sponsor in the Nordic countries many Palestinian artistic realities such as the beautiful project Checkpoint 303 that will make the album "The Iqrit Files" with the label Norwegian Kirkelig Kulturverksted thanks to her interest.


In 2009, she will discover she is suffering from breast cancer and will start treatment.She will always talk about the matter in an open and sincere way, showing herself to be a proud woman of character.

The disease will not be eradicated and will reoccur after a few years. Even if sick Rim Banna will continue her musical activity holding many concerts, especially in Europe, the last of which will take place in Malmo in Sweden in 2016.

True artist of the people Rim Banna gave voice to Palestinian suffering with poetry and honesty. With her death, Palestine loses one of its most personal, profound and sincere voices.










Il 24 Marzo a Nazareth , sua città natale, è deceduta all’età di 51 anni la nota cantante palestinese Rim Banna . Figlia della poetessa palestinese Zuheira Sabbagh , della quale musicherà nel corso della sua carriera vari poemi, Rim studiò negli anni ‘80 presso il conservatorio di Mosca dove conobbe il chitarrista ucraino Leonid ‎Alexeyenko , suo futuro marito dal quale avrà tre figli . La sua carriera decollò all’inizio degli anni ‘90 con la pubblicazione dell’album “The Dream “ . A questo seguiranno altri ottimi lavori quali gli album “ “The mirrors of my soul”, dedicato ai prigionieri ‎politici palestinesi nelle carceri israeliane, “ Seasons Of Violet - Lovesongs From The Palestine “ contenente vari poemi materni adattati musicalmente e “ Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion” , disco molto profondo e poetico ,non perfettamente compreso in occidente, che ha visto la cantante indagare la poesia araba antica in modo trasversale . Prodotto dal musicista norvegese Bugge Wesseltoft , “ Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion” rappresenta forse il suo lavoro più completo e complesso con il quale l’artista va al di la della questione palestinese, sempre presente nelle sue opere, e abbraccia il patrimonio filosofico arabo nella sua totalità.


Musicista intelligente ed aperta e donna forte e coraggiosa Rim Banna ha coniugato in modo personale l’impegno politico con la ricerca musicale proponendo ai suoi conterranei una fede laica con l’affermazione : “ Noi non siamo ‎cristiani e musulmani ma palestinesi, la nostra forza è la nostra identità nazionale, ‎l’attaccamento alla nostra terra”.

Molto attiva a livello internazionale , nel corso dell’ultimo decennio stringerà un profondo legame con la scena musicale scandinava e sponsorizzerà nei paesi nordici molte realtà artistiche palestinesi quali il bellissimo progetto Checkpoint 303 che realizzerà l’album “ The Iqrit Files “ con l’etichetta norvegese Kirkelig Kulturverksted grazie al suo interessamento.

Nel 2009 scoprirà di essere affetta da cancro al seno e inizierà la cure non vergognandosi minimamente di essere fotografa calva in seguito alla chemioterapia . Parlerà sempre della questione in modo aperto e sincero dimostrandosi donna fiera e di carattere. La malattia non sarà debellata e si ripresenterà dopo alcuni anni . Pur se malata Rim Banna continuerà la sua attività musicale tenendo molti concerti ,specialmente in Europa ,l’ultimo dei quali si svolgerà a Malmo in Svezia nel 2016.

Vera artista del popolo Rim Banna ha dato voce alle sofferenze palestinesi con poesia e onesta . Con la sua morte la Palestina perde una delle sue voci più personali ,profonde e sincere .

Rim Banna ريم بنا - The Arab Tunes Selection

01 El Moghany المغني
02 Hala Lla Layyah هلالالاليا
03 Masha'al مشعل
04 Wait for me انتظريني
05 My Heart Tells Me قلبي يحدثني
06 After you left - من بعدك
07 Ehky Lel Alam احكي للعالم
08 Rain شتا
09 The Hymn Of The Rain أنشودة المطر
10 I'll come to you daisy like - أجيئك أقحوان
11 Ya Lil Ma Atwalak يا ليل ما اطولك
12 Malek مالك
13 Seasons of violet - مواسم البنفسج
14 The Voice, The Frangrance And The Figure الصوت والرائحة والشكل
15 The Trace Of The Butterfly أثر الفراشة
16 Beit Allah - بيت الله
17 Anat my mother عناة يا أمي
18 The light gown of soul - غلالة الروح
19 Ya Sety يا ستي
20 The Sun Of Love شمس الهوى
21 Sarah ساره
22 Stranger In The Gulf غريب في الخليج 
23 The mirrors of my soul مرايا الروح
24 Ya Jammal يا جمال


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Rim Banna ريم بنا (Reloaded & Revisited)

Rim Banna (born December 8, 1966) is a Palestinian singer, composer and arranger, well-known for her modern interpretations of traditional folk songs. Banna was born in Nazareth, where she graduated from Nazareth Baptist School in 1984. She currently lives in Nazareth with her husband, the artist Leonid Alexeienko, and their three children. 
Banna first achieved popularity among Palestinians in the Palestinian territory which was occupied in 1948 in the early 1990s, after recording a number of Palestinian children`s songs on the verge of being forgotten. Many such songs and rhymes sung by Palestinian families again today, are said to be thanks to Rim Banna`s work in preserving them via her recordings. 
For Banna - whose music is composed and arranged collaboratively with her husband - music is an important tool for cultural self-assertion: "A part of our work consists of collecting traditional Palestinian texts without melodies. So that the texts do not get lost, we try to compose melodies for them that are modern, yet inspired by traditional Palestinian music." 
As such, Banna does not merely mimic the traditional techniques for representation of the pieces she interprets. In her view, "Oriental singing techniques are mostly ornamental … But my voice is more two-dimensional, thicker. I try to write songs that fit my voice. I want to create something new in every respect. And that includes bringing people elsewhere closer to the music and soul of the Palestinians." 
Banna`s popularity in Europe began after Norwegian singer Kari Bremnes, invited her to Oslo after meeting her during a visit to Nazareth. Banna accepted the invitation, and the two artists were subsequently enlisted with others by Norwegian music producer Erik Hillestad to record the 2003 CD Lullabies from the Axis of Evil. 
Dubbed "a musical antiwar message to U.S. President Bush from female singers in Palestine, Iraq, Iran, and Norway,", the album brings these women together with others from North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Afghanistan - to sing traditional lullabies from their lands in duet form with English-language performers whose translation allows the songs to reach a Western audience.
Banna`s latest album, The Mirrors of My Soul, is a stylistic departure from her previous body of work. Produced in cooperation with a European quintet, it features "Western pop stylings" fused with Middle Eastern modal and vocal structures, and Arabic lyrics. Though the style of this album differs from previous recordings, the subject matter has basically remained constant. The album includes "songs of despair and hope" about the lives of "a struggling people, and even a song about late president Arafat in a way that is both thoughtful and subtle".

(Source : http://www.xmp3a.com)

Cantante, musicista e attivista per la causa palestinese, Rim Banna è nata a Nazaret il 6 dicembre 1966. Dopo aver frequentato la Nazareth Baptist School, ha iniziato la carriera di cantautrice alla fine degli anni '80, registrando sia brani originali che reinterpretazioni di canzoni palestinesi, incidendo anche album per bambini.
In quanto attivista, molte delle sue canzoni fanno riferimento alla sofferenza causata al popolo palestinese dall'occupazione dei territori da parte di Israele. Le sue interpretazioni musicali in lingua araba sono spesso accompagnate da musica di carattere occidentale, relegando l'utilizzo di strumenti e tecniche tipicamente mediorientali solo ad alcuni brani.
La popolarità di Rim Banna in Europa arriva dopo la collaborazione all'album Lullabies from the Axis of Evil (traducibile con "Ninne nanne dall'Asse del Male"), prodotto nel 2003 dal musicista norvegese Erik Hillestad. Per il disco la cantante duetta con Kari Bremnes, partecipando anche ad uno show in Oslo. Avvalendosi della collaborazione di diverse cantanti provenienti dal cosiddetto "Asse del male" (Iraq, Iran, Corea del Nord, ecc), l'album in lingua inglese voleva essere un messaggio contro la guerra facilmente recepibile da un pubblico occidentale.

Successivamente Rim Banna pubblica The Mirrors of My Soul, un album dedicato a tutti i prigionieri politici detenuti nelle carceri israeliane. I brani eseguiti con la collaborazione di un quintetto norvegese hanno una connotazione musicale pop prettamente occidentale, anche se il messaggio di fondo relativo alla sofferenza dei palestinesi oppressi è rimasto del tutto invariato rispetto ai lavori precedenti della cantautrice.

(Source : Wikipedia)

Rim Banna ريم بنّا - The Dream الحلم

A1 El Helm  الحلم 

A2 Ainak عينيك 
A3 El Moghany المغني

A4 Ya Sety  يا ستي

A5 Ehky Lel Alam احكي للعالم 

B1 Ya  Talen  يا طالعين  
B2 Samt El Leil  صمت الليل 
B3 Dhat Youm ذات يوم 
B4  Ya Leil Ma Atwalk يا ليل ما اطولك  
B5  Last Part Of The Dream  المقطع الاخير من الحلم


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Rim Banna ريم بنّا - Al-Quds Everlasting وحدها بتبقى القدس

01 Beit-Allah
02 You Make Me Gloom
03  Fly and Slow Down, Goose
04 Our Beloved Ones
05 Rain
06  The Child Had Died
07  Kul Kbeibeh
08 Soft Rain in a Faraway Autumn
09 Hala Lala Layyah
10 Al-Quds Everlasting
11 A Part of "Rain" Song

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Rim Banna ريم بنّا – The Mirrors Of My Soul   مرايا الروح

  
1 - The Mirrors Of My Soul  مرايا الروح   
2 - The Carmel Of My Soul  كرمل الروح 
3 - Malek  مالك 
4 - Ya Jammal  يا جمال 
5 - Masha’al  مشعل
6 - Sarah  ساره 
7 - The Moon Glowed  لاح القمر 
8 - The Top Of The Mountain  راس الجبل 
9 - Fares Odeh  فارس عودة
10 - The Grandma With A Limp  ستي العرجة 
11 - The Voice, The Fragrance And The Figure  الصوت والرائحة والشكل 

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Rim Banna and Henrik Koitz ريم بنّا و هنريك كويتس - This was not my story لم تكن تلك حكايتي 

01 Wait for me إنتظريني
02 This was not my story لم تكن تلك حكايتي
03 When عندما
04 She هي
05  Fly love طير يا هوى
06 Hand mill طاحونة
07 Anat my mother عناة يا أمي
08 The wall الجدار
09 Defend the freedom دافع عن الحرية

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Rim Banna  ريم بنّا  – Seasons Of Violet   مواسم البنفسج

1 - The Hymn Of The Sea  ترتيلة البحر
2 - The Night Has Fallen Down  أمسى المسا
3 - The Light Gown Of Soul  غلالة الروح 
4 - Seasons Of Violet  مواسم البنفسج 
5 - The First Rain  المطر الأوّل
6 - Beit Allah  بيت اللّه
7 - I’ll Come To You Daisy Like  أجيئك أقحوان
8 - After You Left  من بَعدكَ 
9 - The Dream  الحلم 
10 - A Prayer  صلاة 
11 - The Weeping Of The Rose  بكاء الوردة  

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Rim Banna ريم بنّا - April Blossoms نوّار نيسان

1 April blossoms
2 New moon
3 The sheperd
4 Silver fountain
5 The kitten didi
6 Sleep, Dolly, sleep
7 Raindrops on my window
8 Today is my birthday
9 The clock
10 In our orchard
12 Our donkey
13 When we become a little bigger
14 Kul kbeibeh
15 Mum, you are the dearest
16 Happy lesser bairam feast
17 Christmas feast
18 Baylassan
19 A sand house
20 Nura

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Rim Banna ريم بنّا  – Greatest Songs 2011

01.Lah El Qamar (The Moon Glowed)
02.The Carmel Of My Soul
03.The Hymn Of The Sea
04.The Grandma With A Limp
05.The Mirrors Of My Soul
06.Malek
07.The Light Gown Of Soul
08.Seasons Of Violet
09.Ya Jammal
10.Mashaal
11.Sarah
12.The Top Of The Mountain
13.Fares Odeh
14.The Night Has Fallen Down
15.The Voice, The Fagrance And The Figure
16.The Weeping Of The Rose

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Rim Banna ريم بنّا – Revelation Of Ecstasy & Rebellion  تجليات الوجد والثورة    
 
 

01The Absent One

02The Hymn Of The Rain 

03 Supply Me With An Excess Of Love 

04 The Trace Of The Butterfly 

05 The Taste Of Love 

06  Don't Increase His Agony 

07 Stranger In The Gulf 

08 Astonished By You And Me 

09 Two Kinds Of Love 

10  My Heart Tells Me

11 The Free Man

12 The Sun Of Love

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