Emel Mathlouthi Tickets

Influenced as much by Arab protesting singers, such as Cheikh Imam and Marcel Khalifé, as by the folk of the American Joan Baez, Emel Mathlouthi called “Emel” got known in 2011 with the song ‘Kelmti Horra’ (‘My Word is Free’) which she performed in the middle of the Arab Spring, and which became a hymn to freedom.

The Tunisian singer based in New York released a new album in Spring 2024. Her fourth album ‘MRA’ is the fruit of an artistic and musical renaissance. ‘MRA’ puts women at the heart of the creative process, with Emel working with producer Hannah Vasanth (JP Cooper, Stormzy, Yola...) and inviting female artists from Mali, Ukraine, Iran, and The UK to offer a tribal and percussive, urban and electronic mix of music.