Musician Fathy Salama started playing piano in Cairo jazz clubs at age 13, and has since been recognized for his combinations of traditional Arab music and jazz, winning a 2005 Grammy award for his ...

Lebanon’s music scene has long been a powerhouse in the Arab world, producing artists who’ve left a lasting mark on the industry. Many music lovers struggle to grasp Lebanese musical talent’s depth ...

Yasmine Hamdan in Only Lovers Left Alive. Credit: Courtesy of Yasmine Hamdan In the hazy glow of a small Tangierian club stands Yasmine Hamdan, sensually rolling her hips, head cocked, singing in ...

Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

The Arab Student Association at the University of Michigan hosted its annual Arab Xpressions showcase Saturday at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Around 1,300 students, families and ...

The 33rd edition of the Arab Music Festival and Conference, running from 16 to 25 October, will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional Arab music. More than ever, ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on December 26, 2023. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: Danny Hajjar is a Lebanese American music journalist and curator of the weekly ...

His biographer Ian Carr called trumpeter Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) "one of the seminal albums, and one of the most enduring classics, of jazz." It was, indeed, a pioneering leap into ...

Rock star Lenny Kravitz received worldwide attention last month when he released an anti-war song called "We Want Peace," but lost in the reporting of the story was a vital fact: Kravitz recorded his ...

A small but vital musical revolution has been taking place in Israel. In the last two decades, a small group of Mizrahi Jews — Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent — have returned to their ...

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