A-Wa Announce Tour Dates; September at Knitting Factory BK
A-WA (pronounced Ay-wa) is a band formed by 3 sisters: Tair, Liron & Tagel Haim. who grew up in the small desert village of ‘Shaharut’. With unique magical voices and lots of natural groove, the sisters combine Yemenite folk singing with electronic dance music. These days, the intriguing debut album of A-WA, produced by Tomer Yosef (from Balkan Beat Box). The album contains love and protest songs of women in the Yemeni-Arabic dialect. A-WA will tour the US in September, stopping on the 20th at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.