Here’s the setlist from last night’s Birthday Hafla for Donna Barbrick Carlton at the Windfall Dance Studio in Bloomington. Lots of Classical Arabic, Ottoman, and Armenian standards were played, as well as an original composition by Donna with setting to and English translation of a Rumi poem.
Performers were:
Donna Barbrick Carlton – vocals, guitar, riqq
Victor Santoro – oud, darbuka
Andy Smith – dumbek, oud
Jon Silpayamanant – cello, dumbek
SET 1:
Sheikh Sayyed Darwish – “El Helwa Di” (Arabic lyrics by Sheikh Sayyed Darwish)
Samaii Nawa Athar (Classical Ottoman)
Donna Barbrick Carlton – “The Breeze at Dawn” (lyrics by Rumi)
Yuval Ron – “Lo Yira” (Hebrew lyrics by Yuval Ron)
Jemilleh (Armenian)
Victor Santoro – Oud taqsim
Mohammed Abdul Wahhab – “Zeina”SET2:
Farid Al Atrash – Raqs al Jamal
Ya Ein Mouletin
Samir al-Tawil – Linda Linda
VIctor Santoro – Oud taqsim
Mohammed Abdul Wahhab – Aziza
Andy Smith – Drum solo
Layla
Ihsan Al-Munzer – Shish KebobENCORES:
Ayazein
Debke
