Brooklyn Arts Council

Ahmed Alrodini. Photo: Kay Turner

Singer, percussionist (dumbek and frame drum) and oud player, Alrodini was born in Bakat Al Hoddeidah on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Learning music informally from the time he was a small boy, Alrodini once made himself an oud from found objects including parts of a gas tank from an abandoned truck. He first came to the United States in 1988 on a tour with Fouad Al Kibsi and Haifa Omar, prominent Yemeni musicians. Alrodini is one of only a few Brooklyn artists who come from the South/Red Sea area and his expertise in that region�s music is a rarity in New York.

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Folk / Traditional Arts, Music, Instrumentalist, Traditional / Culturally Specific, Vocalist