Al Qahwa

Al Qahwa is Maryem Tollar on vocals, riqq (Arabic tambourine) and qanun (Arabic table harp); Ernie Tollar on wind instruments; Waleed Abdulhamid on bass, vocals and percussion; and Naghmeh Farahmand on percussion.  For this concert they will be joined by special guest artists Patrick O'Reilly on guitar and Jaash Singh on percussion.  Al Qahwa performs original compositions as well as popular traditional Arabic songs, North African groove tunes, with some jazz thrown into the mix.