Lily of the Nile

Muwashshah "Muwashshah…proves that good music is universal…the album is marked by El Din's understated oud playing, warm vocals, and strong symphonic sense of melody." - MUSICHOUND WORLD Arguably the most famous of all Arabic musicians, Hamza El Din hails from Nubia, now-underwat...	Music of Nubia	Al Oud	Eclipse Unique among Middle Eastern artists, El Din is a Nubian oud player and singer from the Sudan who studied his craft in Cairo, and fashioned the oud--normally used for accompaniment or in ensembles--into a solo instrument, combining Nubian and Arabic musical gestures. Eclipse--prod...	A Wish Sudan's Hamza El Din is a master of the oud (a fretless forerunner of the lute), and the man who first introduced Americans to the instrument in the '60s. On this, his first album in three years, his playing is as wonderful and mesmerizing as ever--you can almost feel his fingers...
In the Heart of the Moon Ali Farka Toure fans expecting to hear another fiery electric blues effort from the African John Lee Hooker are in for a big surprise. Toure's first album after a six- year hiatus is mostly an acoustic duo with kora master Toumani Diabate that draws upon Malian and Guinean folk s...	Explorer: Nubia - Escalay the Water Wheel When this set--part of the Nonesuch Explorer Series--was first released, Hamza El Din had already headlined at the Newport Folk Festival and Woodstock and released an album on the Vanguard label. But this was the one that put him on the map, bringing his oud (Arab lute,) tar (an ...	Legends of East Africa: The Original Recordings	Art of the Ud Oud player Munir Bashir is renowned in the Arab world for his work within the tradition of the Persian taqsim, and his virtuosity on his instrument is possibly unmatched today. But his worldwide fame is a credit to his expansive knowledge of other music from around the world, and...	The Very Best of Ethiopiques 2007 double CD set featuring the best tracks from the universally-praised Ethiopiques series which highlights the glorious musical sounds coming from Ethiopia. The music is unlike anything you've experienced before and has been growing in popularity in recent times and has been ...

Another great by Hamza El Din
I love the simplicity of just the oud and the unique voice of Hamza El Din. I recommend all his albums for true natural esoteric which is simultaneously both primitive and elegant.

Beautiful, meditative music
Hamza el Din is from Nubia, where Africa and Egypt meet. He's probably the best living player of the oud, the Arabic instrument that was the ancestor of the European lute (that standby of Renaissance popular music). This album showcases his amazing artistry on the oud, as well as his meditative vocals, and it's wonderful music for a warm summer evening when I'm imagining I'm back in Aswan (sigh). But a friend who bought the album for belly dance practice was disappointed: the only track you can dance to is the final one, where el Din wakes you up again with a peppy drum and vocal number.