Nuba Noutou
Traditional Nubian arr. Alsarah & the Nubatones
Alsarah & the Nubatones
Alsarah, lead vocals
Nahid, backing vocals
Brandon Terzic, oud
Rami El Aasser, percussion/backing vocals
Mawuena Kodjovi, bass/trumpet/backing vocals
In 2018, MetLiveArts partnered with the World Music Institute to present three of the most creative, expressive female singers/songwriters hailing from Muslim-majority homelands. Though each presented music inspired by different places and events, together they issued a powerful call for freedom, unity, and peace.
Founded in 2011, Alsarah & the Nubatones were born out of many dinner conversations between Alsarah and Rami El Aasser about Nubian “Songs of Return,” modern migration patterns and the cultural exchanges between Sudan and Egypt. Under the leadership of Alsarah, the Brooklyn-based group’s sound grew into what they have dubbed “East African retro-pop.” Here, Alsarah & the Nubatones perform their signature arrangement of “Nuba Noutou,” a Nubian song traditional to the Mahas populations of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
Recorded at Women’s Voices on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in the The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Met Fifth Avenue.
Women’s Voices was made possible by the Art Jameel Fund and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
Women's Voices was presented in collaboration with the World Music Institute.
