La voix de la passion

"The passionate young Syrian vocalist and oud player (...) accompanies herself on oud and on some fine duets by the ney (flute) player Moslem Rahal. Both have played with Jordi Savall's Hesperion XXI ensemble and are included on his current work "Granada" ... Waed's sources are the rich Nabatean poetry of her own Druze roots in southern Syria and the more classicals tyles credited to early classical Arabic poets from the 7th to the 12th Centuries. Her rich voice is immediately defined by the opening peices, a patriotic Druze song and an a cappella song of separation ... Highlights are too numerous, but might include a traditional song about Aleppo, a mystic song from the 7th Century performed as a duet with Rahal, or her gentle treatment of a song by an Algarve Andalusian poet".