Monday, August 6, 2018

KOFIA – Palestina mitt land فلسطين بلدي (Kofia, 1976)

Swedish vocals, other languages
International relevance: *

With a title frighteningly close to ”Palestina, mitt blod, min väg, mitt land”, Gothenburg's part Swedish part Arabic Kofia could be another Bruksteatern horror shock but it's not. The subject is indeed the same, Palestina vs. Israel with – obviously – a militant pro-Palestinian, but the music is vastly different, performed on Arabic instruments and not progg in a strict sense. A couple of the songs are also sung in Arabic but I have no reason to suspect their message is any different to those sung in Swedish. They Arabic songs are also easier to listen to for someone who like me isn't familiar with the language. The songs are quite good in general but the relentless pathos is too much. 

Kofia released two more albums, in 1978 and 1984.

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