Career
Early Independent EPs: Hums, Whispers & Screams
Ghawas recorded and released his debut European Parliament, “Hums”, in 2007 during his time in Boston as a Fulbright Scholar. The release was received positively by the Bahraini media upon his return and then followed by another two critically acclaimed EPs, “Whispers” in 2008 and “Screams” in 2009. Live from Muharraq
After a long series of performances in music festivals, on November 19, 2009, Ghawas performed his first solo show at the prestigious concert hall of Shaikh Ebrahim Center in Muharraq.
The recordings from the concert were released digitally later in 2010 on iTunes as a live album entitled "Live from Muharraq" and it contains live versions of his best cuts from Hums, Whispers and Screams along with Elliott Smith"s cover "Between the Bars" and Leonard Cohen"s "Hallelujah".
Ghawas mentioned in later interviews that Hallelujah"s cover was actually inspired by Jeff Buckley"s version. Armor: Debut LP Release
Starting 2011, Ghawas spent almost three years writing new songs for his debut LP, “Armor”, and partnered with Bahrain’s most popular band, ‘Likwid’, for the recording of these songs.
The album was released in November 2013 and featured his most successful single to date, “Raven”. Live from Allston
Later in 2015, Ghawas invited Likwid to record and film a live concert and a documentary at his house and called it "Live from Allston".
Ala named his house "Allston" honoring the small town in the city of Boston where he used to live in 2006 and 2007.
The film was produced and directed by Bahraini filmmaker "Saleh Nass". Ghawas releases are under his own record label (Ala Ghawas Records) and they are handled by Civil Defense Baby.
