Don’t be fooled by the stage name: Doc Jazz is an Arab. If you would stumble upon his music by accident, and hear one of his non-political songs, you might think you are dealing with your regular Western musician, possibly American or European. But then again, perhaps that is exactly the purpose behind choosing that alias. Maybe you are intended...
إذا الشّعْبُ يَوْمَاً أرَادَ الْحَيَـاةَ فَلا بُدَّ أنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ القَـدَر وَلا بُـدَّ لِلَّيـْلِ أنْ يَنْجَلِــي وَلا بُدَّ للقَيْدِ أَنْ يَـنْكَسِـر وَمَنْ لَمْ يُعَانِقْهُ شَوْقُ الْحَيَـاةِ تَبَخَّـرَ في جَوِّهَـا وَانْدَثَـر فَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ لَمْ تَشُقْـهُ الْحَيَاةُ مِنْ صَفْعَـةِ العَـدَم المُنْتَصِر كَذلِكَ قَالَـتْ لِـيَ الكَائِنَاتُ وَحَدّثَنـي رُوحُـهَا المُسْتَتِر
Yes, this may indeed be a provocative and unfriendly title – but I personally think that she had that one coming. Macy Gray today sent the following message on her Twitter: “Dear Israel fans. Me and the band will be there in 20 days. Can’t wait. See you then. Peace.” How terribly disappointing. Only one day before, she had posed...
Glasgow Caledonian University has a Centre for Political Song, which was one of the first organizations that took notice of my political songwriting. In 2003, after the Centre had published a number of Doc Jazz song lyrics, I was asked to write a short article about political songwriting. The original article can be found here, still on the University’s website....
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