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Mohammed Wardi began singing at the age of five; his first hit was in 1960, and he still has the most extraordinary effect on a Sudanese audience, having come to embody the collective memories and aspirations of an entire nation. Mohammed Wardi sings not only in Arabic but also in his native Nubian - a quite different sound from Ali Hassan Kuban - drawing on 7,000 years of culture. The soaring voice of "golden throat" Mohammed Wardi has won acclaim right across the African Sahel and the Arab world. Although this singer from Nubia was in exile for 13 years...

With all its lineup adjustments, changes in sound and over-the-top live shows, it's amazing that Cream Abdul Babar is one of the longest-standing bands in the Tallahassee scene, lasting more than a decade. After all this time, Cream Abdul Babar continues to consistently pound out obnoxious, noisy, abrasive punk rock to agitate the local residents. From its first releases as a more Dwarves-like punk band (1994's self-released “Chlamydia Lunch” EP, their 1995 split 7” with late Tallahassee noise band, I Guard the Sheep and their first full-length “The Backwater of Masculine Ethics” in 1996) to subsequent records slowly but surely...

Abduction is a French black death metal band created in 2006 by Guillaume Fleury (ex-Crystal Wall) and Guillaume Roquette (Hilde, Crystal Wall). http://www.myspace.com/abductionmyspace .

Souad Abdullah is famous in Iraq and elsewhere in the Arab world as an icon of Iraqi pop culture, a flamboyant diva and soap opera star. In the West she is known for her sultry contribution to the Sublime Frequencies 2005 compilation Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds From Iraq. .