Birth name Alaa Abdulla Ghawas Role Singer · alaghawas.com Name Ala Ghawas | Website www.alaghawas.com Years active 2006 - present | |
Born 22 July 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-07-22 ) Occupation(s) Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer Instruments Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Accordion, Harmonica, Keyboard Genres Folk music, Indie rock, Folk rock Profiles | ||
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Ala Ghawas [Arabic: علاء غوّاص] (born 22 July 1981) is a Bahraini independent singer-songwriter, musician & record producer.
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- Ala ghawas likwid if you want me to stay sly the family stone s cover
- Ala ghawas likwid replica live from allston
- Early Independent EPs Hums Whispers Screams 2007 2009
- Live from Muharraq 2011
- Armor Debut LP Release 2013
- Live from Allston 2015
- Tryst 2017
- Studio EPs
- Studio LPs
- Live LPs
- References
Ala ghawas likwid replica live from allston
Early Independent EPs: Hums, Whispers & Screams [2007-2009]
Ghawas recorded and released his debut EP, “Hums”, in 2007 during his time in Boston as a Fulbright Scholar. The release was received positively by the Bahraini media upon his return and then followed by another two critically acclaimed EPs, “Whispers” in 2008 and “Screams” in 2009.
Live from Muharraq [2011]
After a series of performances in music festivals, on November 19, 2009, Ghawas performed his first solo show at the prestigious concert hall of Shaikh Ebrahim Center in Muharraq. The recordings from the concert were released digitally later in 2011 on iTunes as a live album entitled "Live from Muharraq" and it contains live renditions from Hums, Whispers and Screams along with Elliott Smith's cover "Between the Bars" and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Ghawas mentioned in later interviews that Hallelujah's cover was actually inspired by Jeff Buckley's version.
Armor: Debut LP Release [2013]
Starting 2011, Ghawas spent almost three years writing new songs for his debut LP, “Armor”, and partnered with the Bahraini band, ‘Likwid’, for the recording of these songs. The album was released in November 2013 and featured his most popular single to date, “Raven”. After the release of Armor, the partnership between Ala Ghawas and Likwid took more adventurous grounds with a series of live performances to promote the album in Bahrain, Dubai and Cairo.
Live from Allston [2015]
Later in 2015, Ghawas invited Likwid to record and film a live concert and a documentary at his house and called it "Ala Ghawas & Likwid: Live from Allston". Ala named his house "Allston" honoring the small town in the city of Boston where he used to live in 2006 and 2007. The film was produced and directed by Bahraini filmmaker 'Saleh Nass'.
Tryst [2017]
Ghawas' 5th studio album is titled "Tryst" and it is scheduled to be released in October 2017.