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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.
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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.
 
==External Links==
 
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfA8UErOEIo Folk singing in Żejtun, July 2013.
 
 
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]
[[Category:Singers from Malta]]
[[Category:Għannejja]]

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