Thursday, June 11, 2026
Songbook: ‘Misirlou’ with Yinon Muallem
Dick Dale’s surf-rock landmark ‘Misirlou’ didn’t come out of nowhere. It had been crossing borders decades before Pulp Fiction made it iconic. Erin Cobby traces the song back to its Eastern Mediterranean roots
Yinon Muallem (photo: Özgür Ölçer)
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