Arabology 6.11 [Top 30 Alternative/Indie Arabic Songs of 2013]

This year-end episode of 'Arabology' showcases the Top 30 alternative/indie Arabic songs of 2013 along with shoutouts by some of the featured artists. Top 30 Songs 2013 Featured on Arabology 20 Dec 2013 DJ: Ramzi S. Artist/Track/Album/Label (plus special salute by artist if available) 1. Massar Egbari/ Iqra2 El Khabar/ Iqra2 El Khabar/ Massar Egbari 2. Akher Zephir/ Akherto Lahn Hazin/ Counter Culture/ Eka3 3. Mashrou' Leila/ Abdo/ Raasuk/ Mashrou' Leila (Preceded by message from Hamed Sinno) 4. Sadat & Alaa Fifty Cent/ Five Pound Credit/ Generation Bass/ Six Degrees Records 5. Hello, Psychaleppo!/ Tobayabooya/ Gool L'Ah/ Samer Saem Eldahr 6. Abdulrahman Mohammad/ Asabaki 3ishq/ Abdulrahman Mohammed 7. Omeima El Khalil,/ Shab Y Sabiyeh/ Ya/ Forward Music 8. Ensemble Ibn Arabi/ Her Words Bring Me to Life Again/Arabo-Andalusian Sufi Songs/ Long Distance France 9. DAM/ If I Could Go Back In Time/ Debke On The Moon/ DAM (Preceded by message from DAM) 10. Stormtrap/ Taht El Agal/ Stormtrap/Stormtrap Asfeh 11. Elepheel+Edd Abbas+Lipos/ Master Cosmic Spy/ Tripnol/ Edd Abbas/Lipos/Elepheel 12. Jadal/ Fe Nabd Ana Has/ El Makina/ Mahmoud Radaideh 13. Rania Kurdi/ Ana Ana/ Sasha Abi Najmeh/ Rania Kurdi (Preceded by message from Rania Kurdi) 14. Michelle and Noel Keserwany/ Jagal El USEK/ Jagal El USEK/ Keserwany 15. Tania Kassis/ Ounchoudat Bayrout/ Oriental Colors/ Magnum Records (Preceded by message from Tania Kassis) 16. Zeid Hamdan/ Asfeh (Acoustic)/ Single/ Lebanese Undergroud 17. Mike Massy/ Ya 3achikat Al Ward/ Ya Zaman/ Falak Productions (Preceded by message from Mike Massy) 18. Jowan Safadi and Haya Zaatry/ Ji2tu ila Ahli/ Ghanni 3n Al-Taareef/ Ghanni.net 19. Ziyad Sahhab/ Kaza Kitab/ Keep On Singing/ Forward Music 20. Tania Saleh/ Hashishet Albi (Live)/ Live At Drm/ Forward Music (Preceded by message from Tania Saleh) 21. Labess/ El Kass Yadour/ Identite/ Needlepoint Records 22. Khaled/ Laila/ C'est La Vie/ Universal Music France 23. Rachid Taha/ Now Or Never/ Zoom/ Naive 24. Omar Offendum/ The Arab Speaks of Rivers and Finjan/ Syrianamericana/ Cosher Ink (Preceded by message from Omar Offendum) 25. Yassir Chadly/ Bil Mustapha/ Asheeq Zeen/ Yassir Chadly (Preceded by message from Yassir Chadly) 26. Khaled Aljaramani/ Farah/ Athar/ Institut Du Monde Arabe and Harmonia Mundi 27. Mohamed Abozekry and Heejaz/ Sur La Route/ Chaos/ Neonovo 28. Eliyahu and the Qadim Ensemble/ Maghrebi/ Eastern Wind/ Self Release (Preceded by message from Eliyahu Sills) 29. May Nasr/ Ouhibuka (Lyrics by Ghada Samman)/ Single/ May Nasr (Preceded by message from May Nasr) 30. Yasmine Hamdan/ Nediya/ Ya Nass/ Crammed Discs (Preceded by message from Yasmine Hamdan) Blog entry at http://author32.blogspot.com/2013/12/top-30-alternativeindie-arabic-songs-of.html 'Arabology' is a weekly radio program, currently in its sixth season, which airs on KZSU 90.1 FM (San Francisco bay area). It is hosted by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Lecturer at Stanford University, who showcases and discusses (mostly alternative) Arabic music, along with interviews + commentary in English. Previous Podcasts at https://soundcloud.com/arabology/sets * Arabology Blog: http://author32.blogspot.com * Arabology on Facebook: facebook.com/arabology * Arabology on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/author30 * Arabology on Soundcloud: @arabology * Arabology Contact: [email protected]