We started off the campaign for Chapter 2 with a bang by sharing the music video for Bara7a. We landed a superb feature on Under the Radar! Read the full lyrics before you dive in over here. The song follows +Aziz’s experiences as an adolescent in Kuwait, delving into one of the near-universal experiences of …
Looking for information about the band in Arabic? We created this little entry, please feel free to reach out via this website or social media. فرقة كويزيانا تجسد خليطًا ثقافيًا جديدًا، وهو خليط يوضّح تأثير ثقافة العَوَلمَة المتغيّرة على شباب اليوم وصقلها لهويّتهم. كويزيانا هي فرقة تقدّم صنفًا مستقلّاً من الروك المُتأثِّر بالموسيقى العالمية. لذا …
A thought-provoking encounter I had with a big time artist manager.
A heady sense of irreverence hangs over the debut album from Kuwaisiana, a US-based indie outfit led by Kuwaiti singer-songwriter +Aziz. The record’s wanton style-hopping and language-swapping has the sense not of willfully breaking the rules, but playfully bending them with a swagger and a smile. It may be no coincidence the band was born …
The Future is Multilingual ⚡ Our debut album, Chapter 1 (الباب الأول) is being released through Universal Music MENA on 5.18. Good things come to those who work their butts off amiright? The press around the release has been decent, but one article stands out from all the rest. A heady sense of irreverence hangs …
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Kuwaisiana is a proudly bilingual project developed by +Aziz. Below are the tracks on our debut release, Chapter 1. You can listen to the development of the New Orleans sound across Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. For me, part of being Kuwaiti today means engaging with many potent thoughts with poetic confidence: xenophobia, censorship, money …