Le Cri Du Caire: Vinyl LP 70s domesticity and self-made folklore

domesticity and self-made folklore

Then there’s the dusky burn of “Cicada

we tried new things

Live Through This was originally released by DGC Records on April 12

Le Cri Du Caire: Vinyl LP 70s domesticity and self-made folkloreCairo, late 2013. In a city in turmoil, where the curfew had just been lifted after a second coup d'tat, where the walls were still covered in dreams and revolt, where even the clubs of the city centre echoed with anti Islamist and anti army slogans, I was deeply touched by the voice of Abdullah Miniawy at the 100Copies music studio, a stone's throw from Tahrir Square. A singer, writer, poet, poetry slammer and student from the El Fayoum oasis, this