Spring Revolution:
Revolutionary Songs Featuring Emel Mathlouthi and Jeffrey Zeigler
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About this performance
Emel Mathlouthi and Jeffrey Zeigler present a collection of the most virulent songs from her first album, Kelmti Horra, written during the dictatorship years in Tunisia, calling for hope and Revolution, freedom and faith in truth and popular power.
These songs will be reimagined with the help of cellist and National Sawdust curator Jeffrey Zeigler with distorted percussion live samples played by live Shawn Crowder.
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