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The Express Way with Dulé Hill

Bassel & The Supernaturals Perform “Black Water”

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 38s

Dulé Hill meets Bassel Almadani, a first-generation, Syrian-American musician who is using his platform to bring awareness to the civil war ravaging his family’s beloved homeland, and the resulting refugee crisis Bassel and his band, Bassel & The Supernaturals, perform the song “Black Water.”

This program was made possible by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation.
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