Dudu Tassa, הכוויתים – דודו טסה והכוויתים = دودو تاسا والكويتيان = Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaits

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David “Dudu” Tassa (Hebrew: דודו טסה; born February 10, 1977) is an Israeli rock musician,singer, songwriter and record producer. Besides having had a successful solo career in Israel, Tassa has been the leader of Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis which plays new renditions of old Iraqi and Kuwaiti songs written and composed by Tassa’s late grandfather and great-uncle, Daoud and Salih Al-Kuwaity, since 2011.

In 2011, Tassa released the album Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis giving the name to Tassa’s new band. The album was based entirely on Iraqi classics from the first half of the 20th century, composed by Tassa’s grandfather and great-uncle, Daoud and Salih Al-Kuwaity. Tassa began working on the album about a decade before his release, when he was asked to record the Iraqi classical folk song “Fog el Nakhal” for the soundtrack of “Turn Left at the End of the World”. Following this initial experience, Tassa began collecting songs composed by the Al-Kuwaity Brothers and arranging them for an album combining their music with modern music. The album included original recordings of the Al-Kuwaity Brothers and their Iraqi orchestra.

The album was very successful, selling thousands of copies in Israel. Tassa was awarded the prestigious ACUM Prize for the production of the album. The album featured Berry Sakharof, Yehudit Ravitz and Carmela Tassa, Dudu’s mother and the daughter of Daoud Al-Kuwaity, who contributed her voice in some Arabic language songs. The single “Wen Ya Galub” from this album was the first song in Arabic to be play-listed on Israel’s leading radio stations.

The recording of the first album was documented in the film “Iraq n’ Roll” (2011) that tells the story of collecting and reviving the music of the Al-Kuwaity Brothers. The film was screened in many international festivals and won critical praise.

In 2015, Tassa’s band’s second album, “Ala Shawati”, was released, featuring Ninet Tayeb in the single “Dhub Utfatar”.

Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis toured in the US. and Europe and participated in many rock festivals, such as Coachella Festival and SXSW showcase in Austin, TX, the Sziget Festival in Hungary, and WOMEX. In 2017 the band were chosen by Radiohead as its supporting act for its 2017 USA tour and its concert in Israel.

In October 2018 the band’s new album “El Hajar” (“abandonment” in Arabic) was released.

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