Souad Massi

Souad Massi

at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
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Raised in pre-civil war Algeria, playing guitar in jeans and trainers, Souad Massi was going to get noticed: firstly for fronting a political rock band, then performing solo in Paris after fleeing death threats.

Following a sold-out concert at the Barbican in 2015, she comes north for a long-awaited duo show, exposing the lyricism and warmth of her extraordinary voice at close quarters.

This, her only UK performance outside London, interprets the music of her album El-Mutakallimûn (Masters of the Word), based on a millennium of Arabic poetry mixed with musical influences that include fado and African soul.

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Best Newcomer nominee at the BBC World Music awards and hailed by the press as an immense talent, Souad's fusion of african music (influenced by her…

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Howard Assembly Room

46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU

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Howard Assembly Room

46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU

See all events at Howard Assembly Room