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Acoustic Roots with Karim Baggili |
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In
an extra broadcast ‘Acoustic Roots’ on Friday 4 April from 21:00 to
22;00 Karim Baggili is of
Jordanian-Yugoslavian descent and was born in Brussels in 1976. He is
self-taught as composer, guitarist and ud-player. When he was 16
years old he started playing the electric guitar after hearing the
music of Dire Straits. He formed a coverband ‘Calling Mark’ with
which he still performs occasionally. After hearing Paco de Lucía
play at the age of 20, he started studying flamenco guitar. Movingly beautiful melodies He has developed an entirely personal style of composing and playing, in which he switches between flamenco and Arabic music. These beautiful melodies are typical of Baggili, for instance the song ‘Lua’, which he will play ate the start of the programme. And you can also watch the video on YouTube. In 2014 he was nominated for the Octaves de la Musique – Musique du Monde (a music prize for the French-speaking community in Belgium) and in 2011 he won the public's prize for the Independent Music Awards – Best Album (‘Lea & Kash’) in the World Beat category.New album In 2013 Baggili brought out a new album, ‘Kali City’, in which the ud takes centre stage. For the first four compositions on this CD he is accompanied by the Trio Joubran, the other tracks he plays together with his Arabic Band. The CD has been received exceptionally well in the international music world. During ‘Acoustic Roots’ he will play tracks from his albums 'Douar', ‘Cuatro con Cuatro’ and ‘Kali City’.
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During
a trip through Jordan he bought an Arabian lute (ud).
And
then he began to write music for theatre and film as well.
