After the runaway success of their first album together, released by Odradek World and acclaimed by both the public and the international press (five stars in BBC Magazine, four stars in Songlines Magazine), Koum Tara and La Camerata present Baraaim El-louz – ‘The buds of the almond tree’.
The line “Rise and behold the buds of the almond tree” comes from the poem Koum Tara, and it is in this spirit that this album was conceived: an invitation to admire spring, its renewal and its continuity. Renewal, because the group, with its new singer, has come up with original compositions and texts that attempt to open up new horizons for modern chaâbi. Continuity, because Koum Tara remains a multi-faceted cultural journey, based on traditional chaâbi poetry and melodies, the Western string quartet, jazz and electronic music.
