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'''Fredu Abela | '''Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni''' [[File:Fredu Abela Iż-Żejtuni.jpg|340px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni]] is a known and respected folksinger from [[Żejtun]], born on the 16th October 1940. He started folk singing in 1958, quite by coincidence. | ||
It was on the eve of a general strike in April, when Abela, together with some friends who folk-sung, including [[Karmena Caruana tal-Butna]] and [[Ċikku Iz-Zanin]] went to St Thomas Bay, to while the evening away, knowing that the next day the country would be at a standstill. | |||
He claims that ''għana'' is a gift from God, and is a talent that one is born with it within his spirit. | |||
His favourite folksinger is [[Pawlu Seychell l-Għannej]], with whom he has sung a cadence, that has now become part of folk legend, at the Pandora Theatre in Żejtun together with [[Mikiel Abela l-Bambinu]] and [[Żaren Mangion Il-Folfol]]. | |||
Abela has sung in many venues in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, on the five times he has visited Australia over a span of thirty years. | |||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 Performing in Sydney in 2006.] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFvdwnwreDo Cadence sung in honour of Pawlu Seychell.] | |||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDAdCO7qFmM Folk music event at Babet Bar in Żurrieq, January 2014.] | |||
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[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | [[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | ||
[[Category:Singers from Malta]] | [[Category:Singers from Malta]] | ||
Category:Għannejja]] | [[Category:Għannejja]] | ||
[[Category:Born in 1940]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:56, 16 August 2016
Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni
is a known and respected folksinger from Żejtun, born on the 16th October 1940. He started folk singing in 1958, quite by coincidence.
It was on the eve of a general strike in April, when Abela, together with some friends who folk-sung, including Karmena Caruana tal-Butna and Ċikku Iz-Zanin went to St Thomas Bay, to while the evening away, knowing that the next day the country would be at a standstill.
He claims that għana is a gift from God, and is a talent that one is born with it within his spirit.
His favourite folksinger is Pawlu Seychell l-Għannej, with whom he has sung a cadence, that has now become part of folk legend, at the Pandora Theatre in Żejtun together with Mikiel Abela l-Bambinu and Żaren Mangion Il-Folfol.
Abela has sung in many venues in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, on the five times he has visited Australia over a span of thirty years.