When you hear Egyptian music that feels both familiar and refreshingly different, there’s a good chance Fathy Salama had a hand in it. A pianist, composer, arranger, and producer, Salama has long ...
Diva: From Umm Kulthum to Dalida, showing at Beirut’s Sursock Museum, celebrates legendary singers, actresses and dancers ...
Mustafa Said is a musician and composer of contemporary arabic music, born in Cairo 1983. He is the founder of Asil ensemble (2003-), researcher in musicology and audio archivist. An oud ...
When the cowboy-hatted and denim-fitted hordes hit Coachella next month, they will witness an important milestone: Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna is poised to become the first artist to sing her ...
"This book is devoted to documenting the tremendous discursive energies of modern artists and critics who lived and worked in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later. Credit...Jan Robert Dünnweller ...