{"id":5998,"date":"2016-03-20T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/03\/20\/south-x-lullaby-a-wa\/"},"modified":"2016-03-20T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T16:57:00","slug":"south-x-lullaby-a-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/south-x-lullaby-a-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"South X Lullaby: A-WA"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lars Gotrich<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Updated<\/strong> March 20, 2016<\/span>2:59 PM ET<\/span><\/span> Published<\/strong> March 20, 2016<\/span>12:57 PM ET<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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by Lars Gotrich<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We first fell in love with A-WA in a badass video<\/a> for their party song “Habib Galbi,” complete with tasseled snapbacks on track-suited dancers. But at midnight during the SXSW music festival, the Israeli sister trio sang us a quiet lullaby in All Songs Considered<\/em> host Bob Boilen’s hotel room.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by an electric guitarist and seated on the side of the bed, “Ya Shaifin Al Malih” is a Yemeni folk song about a love that hurts. The sisters, who pull from their Yemeni Jewish roots, told us that it wasn’t originally written as a ballad, but after explaining its meaning, how could it not be?<\/p>\n

“There’s an enjoyable love and there’s a love that gives you heartache,” they said. “There’s a strong love that no doctor can cure.” You can hear that heartache in the gorgeous and haunting three-part harmony that ties a yearning soul in knots, as they sing (translated from Yemeni Arabic), “Have you seen my love \/ Tell him that he’s my heart and my soul \/ Because I’ve been looking for him day and night.”<\/p>\n

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Source:: http:\/\/www.npr.org\/event\/music\/470451262\/south-x-lullaby-a-wa?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Updated<\/strong> March 20, 2016<\/span>2:59 PM ET<\/span><\/span> Published<\/strong> March 20, 2016<\/span>12:57 PM ET<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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by Lars Gotrich<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We first fell in love with A-WA in a badass video<\/a> for their party song “Habib Galbi,” complete with tasseled snapbacks on track-suited dancers. But at midnight during the SXSW music festival, the Israeli sister trio sang us a quiet lullaby in All Songs Considered<\/em> host Bob Boilen’s hotel room.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by an electric guitarist and seated on the side of the bed, “Ya Shaifin Al Malih” is a Yemeni folk song about a love that hurts. The sisters, who pull from their Yemeni Jewish roots, told us that it wasn’t originally written as a ballad, but after explaining its meaning, how could it not be?<\/p>\n

“There’s an enjoyable love and there’s a love that gives you heartache,” they said. “There’s a strong love that no doctor can cure.” You can hear that heartache in the gorgeous and haunting three-part harmony that ties a yearning soul in knots, as they sing (translated from Yemeni Arabic), “Have you seen my love \/ Tell him that he’s my heart and my soul \/ Because I’ve been looking for him day and night.”<\/p>\n

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