Talk:Music of Yemen

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This first line in the article is misinformation. It states Music of Yemen are stars of Israel, it, in itself is a contradiction. The musicians who are Jews of Yemenite origin make up a great percentage of Israeli born and bred music and culture, and reflect not only Yemenite tunes but rather Israeli mix. Yemenite music of Israel even use Greek instruments rather then Yemeni.

Music of Yemen....(not music around the world by anyone who once lived in Yemen) if that is the case 22 million people living in Indonesia are of Yemeni origin and their music is much more known among the 400 million of indonesia & malaysia. Much more popular.

Yet that is not (again) music of Yemen .... it is music played by people of Yemeni origin.

Yemen is a country that begins somewhere near Sada in the north Aden in the south, al-Salif in the west, and Mahara in the west. The Yemeni people have a great tradition of music that remains inside those borders or as we call it Music of Yemen.

Every Yemeni musician named on this wiki page are singers that sang in Yemen...they are the most famous. Another note the singer you named (Attar) is an unknown Yemeni singer. Balfaqih & Naji are the most famous Yemeni singers in history, with the greatest following. Attar is unheard of, and unknown. by BB

Yemen is a country on the Arabian Peninsula, and the music of Yemen is primarily known abroad for a series of pan-Arab popular stars [and the Yemenite Jews who became musical stars in Israel during the 20th century] deleted.

See the WikiProject linked above. The music of Yemenites abroad is a perfectly valid topic to cover here. At the moment, only Yemenites in Israel are mentioned; it certainly might be possible to expand on Yemenites in Indonesia or Malaysia or the UK, in which case this article should be expanded to cover those topics. Thus, I have reverted your deletion. Tuf-Kat 10:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

This is like forcing a Yemeni in to false things about his own land. Ask any Yemeni person if they ever heard of Osama Attar. This is complete misinformation. Yemeni people know Balfaqih & Naji & Absi. They are the most known. This encyclopedia is not researching what they write. Yemeni people make up the great nations that created Swahili culture, north Indonesian culture, Hyderabadi culture in India. In Ethiopia they are the biggest names as producers over Ethiopian singers including the biggest music company in Ethiopia. Yemeni music has influence over music that spread all the way to Andalucia. Yet somehow the writer of this article thinks they made a nice article, it would fail you in any university of music. As for Israeli music played by some Yemeni people actually they play traditional Greek music & Gypsy music. And credit must go to where credit is due, which is not Yemen. Have you ever heard any of the music you write about? by BB

Its true, even though Yemenite Jewish singers of Israel sing Yemenite Arabic folksongs, most of them (with the exception of Leah Avraham, Shlomo Dahyani, Shalom Tzabari, and some others) have replaced traditional Yemenite instruments with synthesizers. Yemenite Indonesians have retained a huge amount of Yemeni influence in their music in weddings and most yet sing in Yemenite Arabic. For a better understanding of the eclectic sounds and styles of Yemenite music i recommend the website www.azaalcity.com, a good spectrum of Yemenite sound. (I think people like Ahmed Fathy should be considered Yemeni Pop) -Mokha

[edit] Yemeni Singers

i also think that actual POPULAR Yemeni singers should be mentioned in this article, like Abdel Rab Idrees and Arwa, and if we are going to mention the Yemenite Jews in Israel (because its true, many have released cds of yemenite folksongs to synthetic music), we should also mention the Yemenite community in Indonesia of which there are millions, who continue to sing and preserve yemenite music to this day. 67.171.33.101 08:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)Mokha

[edit] Yemenite Folk Music

this article, unfortunatley, fails to illustrate the difference in music compared to other arab cultures, particularly the use of the copper plates and the kettle drums. interested in hearing a sample of yemenite folk songs go to: http://www.myspace.com/yemenitefolkmusic

[edit] Yemeni Music

for a exposure to yemeni music, go here http://www.myspace.com/yemeniculture, also www.azaalcity.com 128.208.35.233 (talk) 04:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)Mokha