Radio Bagdad

"Folk-rock (...) with Arabic traditional and Western classical knobs on. Fawzy Al-Aiedy is a bit of a musical institution, a prolific Baghdad-born 60-something singer who settled in Paris in the early '70s ... As well as singing in a voice that mixes the light and the guttural, he plays oud, oboe and cor anglais (yep, cor anglais) and is here accompanied by a mix of Arabic and western musicians (...) on a set of mostly original songs dedicated to the youth of the Arab Spring. This is melting-pot music of the most considered and attractive kind".