Omar Souleyman live in concert.
ON TOUR

Omar Souleyman

25
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
25
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 25 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Omar Souleyman is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Omar Souleyman concert reviews describe live shows and performances as hypnotic and joyful.

ON TOUR

De Centrale, Gent, Belgium (November 8); Eden, Charleroi, Belgium (November 9); Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands (December 18)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Canem (5 June 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Al Hasakah, Syrian Arab Republic (1966)
Bio
Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994 he and his musicians emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until being released by the Sublime Frequencies label they were little known outside of the country.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

November 11, 2013
63
%
Reykjavik, Iceland

Exclaim (Canada)

July 6, 2011
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Both acts are little known outside of the home bases Vancouver and Syria respectively and both perform worldly hybrid styles of dance-friendly music.

musicOMH (UK)

May 30, 2009
90
%
Tonight marks the end of the label’s first tour with joint headliners Omar Souleyman from Syria and Western Saharan troupe Group Doueh.

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

April 17, 2023
80
%
Omar Souleyman Live In Concert In Sweden

Bido Lito (UK)

April 1, 2019
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Postponing a gig can prove disastrous for attendance levels, but nobody is deterred by tonight’s show being rearranged for three weeks after the original date. Kitchen Street is rammed and bouncing well before OMAR SOULEYMAN takes to the stage.

GetIntoThis (UK)

February 25, 2019
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Omar Souleyman, Jacques Malchance: 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool

Bristol In Stereo (UK)

February 24, 2019
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Marble Factory, Bristol, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), Ambient Light (New Zealand), Musikknyheter.no (Norway), Bring The Noise (UK), 100 Percent Rock Magazine (Australia) and more

Image Credit

El Tiu Cancho [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons