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'''Żaren Ellul Ta' Fellusu''' [[File:%C5%BBaren_Ellul_Ta%27_Fellusu.jpg|340px|thumb|right|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.  
'''Żaren Ellul Ta' Fellusu''' [[File:%C5%BBaren_Ellul_Ta%27_Fellusu.jpg|340px|thumb|right|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.  
 
 
Żaren was raised in his mother’s home town, Żebbug and hence he was known with the nickname of his mother’s family. He practices the trade of a stonemason, which he insists is different from that of a bricklayer. (In Maltese we distinguish between ''l-Imgħallem'', who is the senior builder and the rest of the crew, who have to follow his instructions).
 
 
Born in a family of nine boys and two girls, he has one other brother [[Żeppi Ellul ta’ Fellusu]], aka Żeppi ''ż-Żebbugi'', who also folk sings. His mother Karmena folk sang ''l-għana tal-banju''. This left an impression on young Żaren as well as his older brother by nine years, Żeppi.
 
 


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.
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.

Revision as of 16:19, 8 August 2013

Żaren Ellul Ta' Fellusu

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.


Żaren was raised in his mother’s home town, Żebbug and hence he was known with the nickname of his mother’s family. He practices the trade of a stonemason, which he insists is different from that of a bricklayer. (In Maltese we distinguish between l-Imgħallem, who is the senior builder and the rest of the crew, who have to follow his instructions).


Born in a family of nine boys and two girls, he has one other brother Żeppi Ellul ta’ Fellusu, aka Żeppi ż-Żebbugi, who also folk sings. His mother Karmena folk sang l-għana tal-banju. This left an impression on young Żaren as well as 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 Ta' Fellusu with brother Żeppi at Trust Pub, Żejtun, August 2013.

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. In the 2013 Għanafest edition he took part in a nofs għanja bout with his brother Żeppi and is now a regular in folk music events.


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