The Bedouin Jerry Can Band (BJB) are semi-nomadic musicians, storytellers and coffee grinders from the settlement of Abo El Hossain in the Egyptian Sinai desert.

The group’s songs and poetry recount the exploits of ancient Arabian tribes though fables of trusty camels, warnings of the dastardly deeds of sheep rustlers, and tales of unrequited love for the girl in the next settlement with beautiful eyes.

Blending Simsimiyya (traditional 5 string Egyptian lyre) with desert flutes and reed pipes, BJB perform infectious Bedouin rhythms on junk percussion including Ammunition boxes and Jerry Cans, scavenged from the former battlegrounds of conflicts fought across their homelands during the Six-day War of 1967 and the subsequent Israeli occupation of Sinai.

The band's CD 'Coffee Time' additionally features guest vocals on three tracks by the
veteran Egyptian collective El Tanbura.

“Tales of camels, coffee and unrequited love”
fRoots magazine, UK

“Remarkable songs of Bedouin adventures in the desert”
Rose al Yousieef Newspaper, Egypt

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