Jawa - Last Breaths from Aleppo

Great news. We are selected for the showcases of the Belgian Worldwide Music Night !

Jawa will play a showcase at the Belgian Worldwide Music Night 2024 on 22/01/2024 at the club of !

The rich musical Sufi tradition has been transmitted orally in Aleppo for decades. JAWA’s mission is to preserve this heritage, which has been threatened by the Syrian war. The Sufi masters, who kept the secrets of this musical tradition, are gradually disappearing from the scene, threatening to lose a treasure of songs forever. JAWA Band presents the traditional musical pieces from its personal perspective and its own vision, while preserving the classical way of performing Sufi muwashahat with its complex rhythms and oriental maqams.

22/1/24 Belgian Worldwide Music Night - free entrance!
18:30-23:00 showcases & awards
23:00 afterparty

"a message of cultural resistance, while sonically the effect is trance-like"

We are honored that Last Breaths from Aleppo received a 4★ review from Nigel Williamson, in the last issue of Songlines magazine.

Read more :
https://www.songlines.co.uk/review/last-breaths-from-aleppo

A very nice review in the Italian Blogfoolk - Storie Suoni e Visioni sulle Strade del folk. "The Jawa Band favors a personal perspective, grafting instruments onto songs previously performed a ca****la, offering, in fact, a new approach in the ex*****on of the mūwashshahat, a genre of strophic poetry with a refrain of medieval origin, characterized by the subtlety of intervals of the maqām and by complex rhythmic cycles."

Jawa – Last Breaths from Aleppo (Muziekpublique, 2023) Jawa – Last Breaths from Aleppo (Muziekpublique, 2023)

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We are so happy to be on the top 15 of the Transglobal World Music Chart among other amazing artists !

To listen to our album or get a copy : linktr.ee/jawaband

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Our first album Last Breaths from Aleppo is now available on all platforms! You can also get a physical copy via Muziekpublique's website or bandcamp : linktr.ee/jawaband
Please share our music as much as possible 🙏🏽

Thanks to Jan Willem Broek for his beautiful review in Subjectivisten "...a wonderful global album that moves from highlight to highlight."

What a beautiful night !

Thank you to everyone who came to our release concert at Muziekpublique, for your warm support and your emotional feedbacks! It was a truly magical night ✨

Photos : Simon Blackley

The cd's have arrived! You will be able to bring one home with you after the concert at Muziekpublique on Saturday 😍We can't wait to play those songs for you!

It is time for you to discover our first single "Bahi alsana" from our future album "Last Breaths from Aleppo".

You can find it on all platforms 🎉 : https://linktr.ee/jawaband

Please come and join us on Saturday to hear all of our songs live. We will have the chance to perform on Muziekpublique's beautiful stage. More info : https://muziekpublique.be/concerts/20230422-jawa-cd-release-las-breaths-of-aleppo/

Happy to play for Le Temps d'une Lune festival today in Lille. See you there!