Review: Art Fazil's Pesta Raya gig a graceful balance of folk and pop

Singaporean singer-songwriter Art Fazil at the Esplanade Recital Studio on May 27 for the Pesta Raya festival this year. PHOTO: SHAIFUL BAHRI
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Pesta Raya 2022
Esplanade Recital Studio, May 27

At this concert under the Esplanade's Malay arts festival Pesta Raya, home-grown singer-songwriter Art Fazil revisited his landmark 2000 Malay album, Nur (Light), playing all the songs live.

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