Album · 1998 · 8 Songs. The Journey Maryam Mursal.

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What's more remarkable than this solo debut is the story behind her journey to freedom, fleeing Somalia and winding up in a Danish refugee camp, where she was "discovered" by an arranger who brought her to the attention of Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label. The layers of sound on this disc blend techno with a more traditional Afro-pop sound. It all makes for some of the most passionate dance music you can find.

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Maryam Mursal (Somali: Maryaam Muursaal, Arabic: مريم مرسل‎) (born January 1, 1950) is a Somali composer and vocalist. Mursal grew up in Somalia in a Muslim family with four daughters. As a teenager, she broke with tradition and began singing professionally in Mogadishu. She performed in nightclubs and her brand of music, featuring a mix of blues, soul, Somali and Arabic influences, and known as Somali jazz, became popular across the country.

From the seductive outset of Maryam Mursal’s fine debut album The Journey (RealWorld 2370; 53:04), our sense of geo-stylistic identity is pleasantly confused. A warble-funky rhythm guitar part with a distinct New Orleans character kicks off the infectious tune Lei Lei, accented with syncopated punches before we land in a steaming groove second line lope with African rhythmic webbing and Arabic colors. When the soulful Somalian enters with her musky, bold voice, the magnetic allure is complete.

Maryam Mursal's story is one of strength and determination. In 1991, having spent seven months walking across the Horn of Africa with her five children to flee the civil war in her home country of Somalia, Maryam finally found refuge in Denmark. In happier times she had been the voice of Somalia, singing a remarkable hybrid sound of African and Arabic influences combined with western pop styles, known as "Somali Jazz"

Maryam Mursal fled Somalia with five children at the height of the civil war. She was to walk, ride on donkeys and trucks through the desert for seven exhausting months before reaching safety. On the way she wrote ‘Qax/Refugee’. The Journey and Mursal swing beautifully. Twenty-first century global soul begins here. Maryam Mursal performs 'Somali Udiida Ceb' in The Big Room at Real World Studios in 2001 for the BBC documentary Spirit of Africa. The band: Maryam Mursal: lead vocals, Søren Kjær Jensen: bass guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, Lars Daugaard Nielsen: drums, Jacob Andersen: percussion, Turid Nørlund Christensen: backing vocals, Kasper Søderlund Jensen: guitars

1. Lei Lei (I Feel Alone). Listen to The Journey in full in the this site app. Play on this site.

Style: pop. Album year: 1998. Maryam Mursal - Qax (Refugee) 09:05.