Relaunch of WORDS ADORNED Album

July 26, 2021Al-Bustan is pleased to announce the relaunch of Words Adorned, a multimedia project from 2015. This musical composition by Kareem Roustom and Kinan Abou-afach was in collaboration with The Crossing, Al-Bustan Takht, Donald Nally, and Dalal Abu Amneh. Words Adorned is being relaunched in collaboration with Navona Records and has received support from Pew Center of Arts & Heritage, Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, and the William Penn Foundation.The record is available for purchase here and for streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.Notes, text, and translation can be found here.

Recorded December 4, 2015 at Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr PALive Sound Assistant, Jonathan OroseRecording Assistant, James Clark ConnerRecorded, Mixed, Edited & Mastered by Joe Hannigan at Weston Sound

Al-Bustan Takht EnsembleHanna Khoury, violin and music directorWassim Odeh, oudHicham Chami, qanunKinan Abou-Afach, celloHafez Kotain, percussion