Biog :
Aar (meaning male lion in Somali) is a musician from Somalia, now living in Europe, Aar’s debut album was called Maanta, which means today. Aar sings about the plight of the Somali people, how civil war and corruption has affected them and their country yet a sense of positivism pervades through his music with strong messages of peace, unity and progression for a better world. His subtle use of traditional Somali rhythms mixed with modern rhymes and instruments has made Aar’s sound very unique and his performances very popular with a lot of world music lovers.
Song info; Uur hooyo is a popular somali song, written and composed by the Somali legend Ahmed 'Hudeidi' Ismail Hussein.
He plays the lute on this song for Aar, backing vocals are provided by another promising young Somali singer called Jehan. Uur Hooyo means mother's womb, Hudeidi wrote this song for his brother who worked as a
police officer in Aden (Yemen) and who went to great trouble once to find him when he was living in Djbouti. Now every Somali quotes the lyrics in their letters home. This song is a symbol of hope as it expresses the importance of love between brothers and universal love.
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