We have a lot of great Assyrian sheykhani songs out there. But could this one by Lazar Malko be the best one ever? For me it probably is, especially the music and the beat.
Linda George's Yalekhta Khwarta has always been my favourite Sheykhanee song. One reason is because it's so nostalgic - I remember hearing it at Assyrian picnics in Jordan back in the 90s. Another reason is because it's jammed with three notable Assyrian songs (yalekhteh, raqdakh sheikhanee, bagiye) and, not to mention, it has Linda George's powerful deliverance. It's a vibrant classic.
Lazar Malko has a nice maudlin voice btw. He's underrated in our music industry. He came out in the (late?) 90s. I happen to think that Assyrian singers who appear in that decade (and the 2000s) don't seem to be that popular. Linda George, Ashoor Bet Sargis, Evin Agassi and Sargon Gabriel (or as I call them, the "big four") have been around since the 70s/80s, hence their major popularity nowadays. I think, Ramsen Sheeno, Johnny Talia and Ninos David have to be one of the few 2000s artists who have some sort of fame. P.S. I don't even think that Talia is known outside of Australia though?
