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Żaren Ellul believes that the golden years of ''għana'' were in the Sixties, with the arrival of a crop of talented folk singers, who were literate and in an era when the invasion of Anglo-American pop music on the local airwaves was in its beginnings. | Żaren Ellul believes that the golden years of ''għana'' were in the Sixties, with the arrival of a crop of talented folk singers, who were literate and in an era when the invasion of Anglo-American pop music on the local airwaves was in its beginnings. | ||
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Żaren Ellul Ta' Fellusu
is an improvised verse folk singer from Żebbuġ, Malta. He was born on the 7th February 1954 to Żaru L-Koppi and Karmena Ta' Fellusa.
Although his father is from Kirkop, Żaren was born and bred in Żebbuġ and has taken his maternal nickname. His day time occupation is that of a stonemason, a bennej in Maltese which stresses that he is not a bricklayer.
Born in a family of nine boys and two girls, he has another brother Żeppi Ellul Ta' Fellusu, known also as Żeppi Iż-Żebbuġi who folk sings. His mother Karmena folk sang il-għana tal-banju and left an impression on young Żaren, as did his older brother by nine years Żeppi.
At fifteen he made his introduction to the world of folk singing by pairing with Duminku Scriha Qerrieda, from Żebbuġ in the wine shop ran by Leli Iz-Zagogu, located in the neighbourhoods of Ħal Dwin and Ħal Mula. The folk sessions held in this wine shop used to be recorded on open reel by Iz-Zagogu himself, but it is unknown if they have survived.
Żaren also folk sang with a ten-year old Jesmond Galea Tal-Kalora and with Karmnu Iċ-Ċiequ, near Tad-Dawl. He has never folk sung a ballad, although he likes Żaren Mifsud Ta' Vestru's Ġużeppi u Maria and his brother's Il-Kaċċatur u l-Bidwija, which was recorded in 2011.
His favourite folk singer is Ninu Galea Il-Kalora for his ability to maintain the chosen subject in his improvised verse and keep a rhythm and two other favourites are Pawlu Degabriele Il-Bies and Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel.
Żaren Ellul believes that the golden years of għana were in the Sixties, with the arrival of a crop of talented folk singers, who were literate and in an era when the invasion of Anglo-American pop music on the local airwaves was in its beginnings.
Żaren has reactivated his presence on the għana circuit since 2006, after a hiatus of many years, and is now a regular in folk music events. In the 2013 Għanafest edition he took part in a nofs għanja bout with his brother Żeppi.
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfA8UErOEIo Folk singing in Żejtun, July 2013.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwQxxqYhws Folk singing at Trust Pub Żejtun, 2013.