The Great Departed was founded in 2013 and it consists of the music composer Khaled Soubeih and Solo Singers Naim El Asmar and Sandy Chamoun, as well as the Oud player Imad Hashisho, the Buzuq player Abed Kobaissy and the percussionist Ali El Hout. The Great Departed band tries to originate a new course differing from the members’ usual projects. And so, the band’s goal has become to explore new musical and lyrical paths, all while keeping their own personal oriental music repertoires as inspiration.

The Great Departed began performing in Summer 2013 and grew bigger as their shows in Metro Al Madina were very well received. In August 2014, the band launched a series of shows titled “La Bombe”, in which they performed songs with main themes being tyranny and sociopolitical critique. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.