Nadine Khouri was seven years old when her parents fled Lebanon from the civil war. The family left their hometown of Beirut to live in London. At 18, Nadine went to New York to study, but returned to her adopted country to be closer to her family. "As a child, it was my dream to become a cartoonist," says Khouri. It didn't work out. Which is nothing bad, because in England's capital it seems to have found its true purpose: music. That was the end of the '0s. So she recorded a first 5-track EP, "A Song To The City", which was released on July 13, 2010. No less than 16 musicians recorded the songs, which convince with their wide arrangements, but with Nadine Khouri's voice in the foreground. In addition to the usual instruments, banjo, harp, xylophone, cello, violin, clarinet and trumpet are used. Soulige songs can be found on this first album, partly spartanic on acoustic guitar, partly harsh rocking. The British Mojo summed it up as follows: "Meditative, spectral dream images ...
