Interview with Hasan Khalil, Lincoln, Nebraska

Copy the text below to embed this resource

Date
2020-09-30
Main contributor
Hasan Khalil
Summary
Hasan Khalil (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Hasan Khalil is a Yazidi Syrian immigrant who spent years in a refugee camp in Syria before relocating to Lincoln, Nebraska’s sizeable Yazidi community. Hasan is a multi-instrumentalist who performs throughout the area with his band, the Golden Studio, which performs primarily Arabic, Turkish, and Armenian traditional musics. The Golden Studio are fluent in many styles, including Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, and traditional Syrian music, and are much in demand for weddings and other community celebrations in and around Lincoln. Khalil is also the owner of the Lincoln-based barbershop, The Golden Scissor. 

Interviewed by Holly Hobbs, 09/30/2020.
Contributor
Holly Hobbs
Subjects
Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska
Collection
Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unit
Society for Ethnomusicology

Access Restrictions

This item is accessible by: the public.