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	KMR #39, Africa Fte (Maryam Mursal, Cheikh L, Papa Wemba, Salif Keita) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although Mursal is rooted in traditional Somali music, the album reaches for a funky, cosmopolitan sound, oriented around her magnificent voice, dark and vibrant.
		Mursal's story is quite remarkable: She and her children fled the civil war, by foot and donkey when necessary, through Kenya and Ethiopia, finally reaching the Danish Embassy, which offered her asylum.
		Mursal is an engaging figure on stage, chatting enthusiastically with the Somalis in the audience and telling folk stories and anecdotes, with expansive hand gestures and playful little dances.
	www.macdialup.com /zwilliams/review39.htm (1268 words)

	NPR : MARYAM MURSAL
		All Things Considered, July 12, 1998 · Daniel speaks to Somali singer Maryam Mursal who is currently touring the U.S as part of the Africa Fete.
		Maryam considers herself a "cultural ambassador" of Somalia even though she fled that country in 1991 when civil war broke out.
		Her songs reflect the plight of herself and her people, Maryam fled the country by foot, on donkeys and on trucks with her 5 children.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1007146 (189 words)

	Maryam Mursal - Biography - AOL Music
		The life story of Somalia-born and Denmark-based vocalist Maryam Mursal would be unbelievable were it not true.
		Mursal was forced to temporarily give up her musical career and work as Somalia's first female taxi and lorry driver.
		Mursal's fortunes changed for the better, in 1992, when she was overheard singing to a group of 300 fellow refugees by Soren Kjoer Jensen, a freelance photographer who became her producer and manager.
	music.aol.com /artist/maryam-mursal/293282/biography (456 words)

	Cutting through it all - interview with Somalian vocalist Maryam Mursal - Interview Interview - Find Articles
		In 1986 Mursal sang a song called "Ulimada" ("The Professors"), a thinly veiled criticism of her country's ruling dictator, which led to a ban of her music and another first: In order to feed her family, Mursal became Somalia's first female taxi driver.
		Mursal was eventually granted refugee status by Denmark, where she was discovered singing to a crowd of three hundred fellow refugees In 1992 by Soren Kjoer Jensen, now her producer and manager.
		Mursal's breathtaking solo debut, The Journey, a blend of her own Somali jazz and Western Instrumentation, charts her course.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n3_v28/ai_20468512 (909 words)

	Maryam Mursal
		Before her stunning voice could be heard in the west, Maryam was forced to spend seven months walking across the Horn of Africa with her five children as she fled the civil war in her native Somalia, desperate to escape the anarchy, death and starvation that was destroying her country.
		In July 1997 Real World released "New Dawn," Maryam's recording with the core survivors of the band Waaberi, once a 300-strong troupe of singers, dancers, musicians and actors from the Somalian National Theatre before the destruction of the civil war.
		Maryam Mursal's life and art have intertwined to produce a sound that is profoundly moving and totally unique.
	www.realworldusa.com /albumpages/mursal/default.html (708 words)

	Maryam Mursal (The Leopard Man's African Music Guide)
		Maryam Mursal left her homeland, Somalia, with her five children during the civil war.
		Before the war, Maryam Mursal was employed at Somalia's National Ballet, and it seems as though this lady has stepped onto the world music stage for good.
		Maryam Mursal composed most of the songs herself, some in collaboration with Danish Soren Kjaer Jensen, who also plays bass and keyboard in the band and arranges.
	www.leopardmannen.no /m/mursal.maryam.asp (304 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Journey - Maryam Mursal at Epinions.com
		In Maryam Mursals 1997 album, with her group Waaberi, entitled "New Dawn" she sang her heart and soul out to the entrancing strums of a Somalian Oud.
		Maryam Mursal has a rich, warm, deep and strong voice.
		Mursals latest album, unfortunately, is the exact opposite though.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-1278-D32D2F9-396B3959-prod2 (494 words)

	Maryam Mursal: Journey
		One of the first professional female vocalists of Muslim faith, Mursal was a star in her homeland while still in her teens.
		Having developed the unique blend of Islamic and African influences that she calls "Somali Jazz" in the nightclubs, Mursal was a top recording artist by the mid-'80s.
		Although the independence of Somalia allowed her to return to music, intertribal fighting led her to flee the country, along with five of her ten childr...
	djangomusic.com /item_music.asp?id=R+++346591&dt=29&cid=&sid=&... (192 words)

	journey of Maryam Mursal, The New Crisis, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		When Mursal peered through the window of her large, rambling house, she saw dogs, cats, and chickens eating from the dead bodies that littered the streets.
		Meanwhile, rape of the young women had become routine; and Mursal, fearing for the safety of her two daughters, crossed the border back into Somalia to protect them.
		Already familiar with Mursal and her music, they were eager to help and raised enough money for airplane tickets to Denmark, where she was given asylum.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3812/is_199807/ai_n8799001 (837 words)

	World Beat - May, 1998 - Maryam Mursal
		"The Journey" is an appropriate title for this release by Somalian Maryam Mursal, for the events that led to her arrival in the Western world (and subsequently to her relationship with Realworld Records) made for an incredible journey indeed.
		Forced to escape from Somalia during the Civil War earlier this decade, Mursal spent weeks wandering through the deserts of Northeastern Africa until she and her family finally found freedom and passage to the West.
		The integrity in their management is directly evidenced by the integrity in the music they produce -- Maryam Mursal's work is no exception.
	www.music-reviewer.com /05_98/world10.htm (699 words)

	Amazon.com: The Journey: Music: Maryam Mursal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But if, like Maryam Mursal, you'd grown up in a country as war-wrecked as Somalia, then spent seven months walking across the Horn of Africa, your songs might well be saying a great deal.
		Mursal and her Danish collaborators (plus Real World honcho Peter Gabriel, who sings backup) mix the traditional with the modern, African influences with Arabic, or Eastern strings with Yma Sumac samples in order to create a wonderful music that is both distinctive and unusual, and yet totally inviting.
		Maryam Mursal's voice is like a powerful cobra, coiling and uncoiling without effort in a sinuous dance that hypnotizes and enchants.
	www.amazon.com /Journey-Maryam-Mursal/dp/B000005ZEE (1361 words)

	Maryam Mursal - 'The Journey' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Real World Records released the debut solo album by Somalian artist Maryam Mursal, which is available on CD only (CDRW70).
		Maryam Mursal, with her stunning voice and colourful stage persona, is already known as the charismatic front person to the Somalian group Waaberi, with whom she has already released an album of traditional Somalian music, 'New Dawn'.
		Maryam has also garnered great critical responses for her live performances with Waaberi - first at the 1997 WOMAD Festival at Rivermead, Reading, and most recently supporting Nina Simone at the Global Spirit London WOMAD Weekend at the Barbican last December.
	www.realworldrecords.com /legacy/release/mursal/mursal1.html (121 words)

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	Maryam Mursal - AOL Music
		Distributed by Caroline Records in the US, Peter Gabriel's Real World Reocrds presents the Somali jazz sounds of Maryam Mursal.
		The Journey: Maryam Mursal · Interview with Somalian vocalist Maryam Mursal.
		Download, listen and watch Maryam Mursal music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/maryam-mursal/293282/main (138 words)

	CNN - WorldBeat Tour Dates
		AFRICA FETE - SALIF KEITA, CHEIKH LO, MARYAM MURSAL and PAPA WEMBA
		Park, Portland, OR AFRICA FETE - SALIF KEITA, CHEIKH LO, MARYAM MURSAL and PAPA WEMBA
		University of Illinois, Champaign, IL AFRICA FETE - SALIF KEITA, CHEIKH LO, MARYAM MURSAL and PAPA WEMBA
	www.cnn.com /WORLDBEAT/tourdates/1998/06/05/aaa.html (382 words)

	Mursal, Maryam - Somali musician (singer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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