When he was growing up in Beirut, Tarek Atoui had little interest in Arabic music. He wasn’t alone; many Lebanese of his generation, myself included, tuned in to mainly American and European music. He ...

The traveling, thinking musician has been a fruitful template this year, with exciting work from Damon Albarn's Democratic Republic of Congo supergroup and Jace Clayton's Beyond Digital. The latest ...

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, ...

Dr. Alfred Gamil is a professor of theory and composition at the High Institute of Arabic Music in Cairo, Egypt. Since the 1970s, he has performed and recorded both violin and oud with many renowned ...

Unveiling a bounty of musical treasures of North African Arab countries, ‘Carthage Sands’ is a 2-hour concert (with interval) showcasing an array of Arabic music styles, and expanding artistic fusion ...

BEIRUT — One of the Arab world’s most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died, Syria’s government said ...