Naseer Shamma has been played on NTS in shows including The Witching Hour, featured first on 18 December 2013. Songs played include Messe Babylonienne and Une Nuit Paisible À Baghdad.

Naseer Shamma (Arabic ,نصير شمه), is a renowned Arab Iraqi musician and oud player.

He was born in 1963 in Kut, Iraq, a village on the Tigris River. He began studying the oud at the age of 12 in Baghdad, following in the footsteps of Jamil Bashir and Munir Bashir. When he was 11-years old, Shamma saw an oud for the first time, in the hands of a stylish music teacher. In 1985, Shamma played his…