Arabic Violinist, Composer, Teacher

Live at Lotus CD cover

Zikrayat: Live at Lotus

Released: May 4, 2007
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Sami Abu Shumays
with Zikrayat members: Sami Abu Shumays, violin, rababa,
vocals; Bridget Robbins, Nay; Brian Prunka, Oud; Nikolai
Ruskin, percussion, mizmar, vocals; Aaron Paige,
percussion; and featuring Gaida, principal vocals,
on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8-10


To hear samples, please visit Zikrayat's Website; To buy, please visit CD Baby or Amazon

We have some very exciting news: "Zikrayat: Live at Lotus" was recently named a finalist in the 2008 Independent Music Awards!
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Personal Performances

 A podcast produced by Sami, featuring performances by Sami and guest artists, as well as interviews. You can find it in the iTunes "podcast directory" or visit the blog page at: shumays.libsyn.com

Recordings for this website

These are the original recordings put up on this page.
Please click on a link to download the .mp3 file:

Sami's Myspace page

visit here to listen to a few other samples, or to add me as a "friend"
myspace.com/samiabushumays