{"id":98,"date":"2020-09-22T18:10:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/2020\/09\/strongbab-lbluz-smashing-debut-now-out-from-stronga-hrefhttpsrealworldrecordscomnewsnayda-by-bab-l-bluz-is-out-now-digitally-targetblankstrongreal-world-stronga-c777p\/"},"modified":"2020-09-22T18:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:10:58","slug":"emel-mathlouthi-returns-with-tunis-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/emel-mathlouthi-returns-with-tunis-diaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Emel Mathlouthi Returns with The Tunis Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the 24th of October, via London’s Partisan Records, Tunisian-born\/New York-based experimental singer Emel Mathlouhi<\/a> releases The Tunis Diaries<\/em>. Her new album, split into two parts, features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (“Day”), and an eclectic selection of covers (“Night”). Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created The Tunis Diaries<\/em> entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring. The resulting project is a back-to-basics exploration of Emel’s roots, as well as a spontaneous and complex reflection on her relationship to her homeland. Two tracks from The Tunis Diaries<\/em> are available now \u2013 “Holm<\/a>,” an original song which was first released alongside a self-shot music video (1.4M views and counting) this April, and a sui generis cover of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World.”<\/p>\n

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