El Khat — live event
Co-presented by World Music Institute El Khat is a homemade junkyard band led by multi-instrumentalist Eyal El Wahab. Named for the drug used so widely chewed across the Arab Peninsula, The band brings original compositions inspired by the music of the golden age in Aden, Yemen. El Wahab plays many instruments, like the dli and the Kearat that he constructed himself. It's something he started doing several years ago, using his skills to make music from the items people discard. A child of the Yemeni diaspora who's grown up in Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel, it's a practice that harks back to the family homeland, where even rubbish can have become an instrument.
Starts: 2023-11-18T19:30:15Z
Ends: 2023-11-18T21:30:15Z
Where: 80 North 6th Street, New York 11249, United States
Price: $29.86