Ayshe Wahda Balak – Ziad Rahbani. TAYF Ensemble Live at the Color Club.

Performing Ziad Rahbani’s famous tune Ayshe Wahda Balak. Playing on riq and vocals.

TAYF Ensemble performs Ziad Rahbani’s Ayshe Wahda Balak, a comedic song about a lonely protagonist who overestimates his attractiveness, at their Sahrit Saffron concert presented by BIYA BIYA at Color Club in Chicago.

C Mikhail, bass, voice, direction, transcription/arrangement
Sham Abyad, voice
Phaedra Darwish, flute, raqs sharqi
Dr. Shayna Silverstein, violin
Dr. Aliah Ajamoughli, cello
Karl El Sokhn, riq, guitar, voice

Videography: Ian Resnick, Charles Burke Dykstal
Sound: Jonathan Gardner
Editing: Ian Resnick