Alabina | en

Alabina (aka Alabína), is a France-based worldbeat group which performs a mix of Middle Eastern (Arabic and Hebrew), French and Spanish gypsy music. Members include Eti Zach (lead vocal - Hebrew: אישתאר, best known as Ishtar and Ishtar Alabina) and all of Los Niños de Sara (aka Los Ninos De Sara): Antoine Contreras (guitar, lead male vocals), Ramón Compas (guitar), Santiago Lorente (guitar) and Coco (percussion, backing vocals). They début with the album "Alabina" (Nov 1996, Atoll - aka Alabína's "Alabina") and their latest is the single "Loli, Lolita, Lola" (1999, UDP). Zach frequently sings in Arabic, complementing the Spanish...