AN INTIMATE SUNDAY NOON CONCERT WITH OMNIA HEGAZY

May 14, 2015 by Marangeli    No Comments    Posted under: Community, Residencies & Collaborations, World Music

If Omnia Hegazy was not a musician, she might have been a journalist. The daughter of an Egyptian-Muslim father and an Italian-Catholic mother, she grew up in New York City as a citizen of the world, with an intense passion for music and storytelling. Her sound is informed by guitar-driven American pop/rock, maqam-based Arabic folk, and the politically-charged singer-songwriters of the past and present. Since the release of her first two EPs,