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Go topSOURCE: WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL BY: STEVE CAPRA Faraj Abyad and his Orchestra presented by The World Music Institute at Symphony Space February first, 2020 Arabic music is like a fine, complex miasma. It washes over us like a wave – its delicacy due largely to the plucking of the zither. Most western songs express one … Continued
By: Ala Abed-Rabbo/Arab America Contributing Writer What is Tarab, a definition that focuses on a cultural domain? This specialty involves artists, performances, and music associated philosophies, attitudes, and behaviors, including the different methods of listening and responding to Arab music. The Tarab culture is also linked with a craft-based jargon relating to societal, technical, and … Continued
SOURCE: OUP BLOG BY: JOHNNY FARRAJ SAMI ABU SHUMAYS How artists express individual style and creativity within the context of a cultural tradition is one of the central questions of Aesthetics. This is applicable to an extraordinary range of artistic practices across different cultures, although its answers and solutions differ widely. Our views on the … Continued
By: Mariam Nabbout Source: Stepfeed Late Sunday night, a video of the iconic Lebanese singer, Fairouz, was posted on Facebook by none other than her daughter, Reema Rahbany. The video is one of four recent sneak peeks into a suspected new project the legendary singer is currently recording. It has surely sent social media … Continued
By Calli Storrs The Campanil The women’s ensemble shares folkloric, classical, contemporary, and sacred Arab music with the Bay Area, and came to Mills to do the same. (Photo courtesy of Najib Joe Hakim) As singer Samira Kharrubi’s voice rose to the rafter’s of the Student Union, the audience joined in making music by clapping … Continued
By Myrna Petlicki Chicago Tribune Music is the universal language. You’ll be convinced it’s true if you attend a concert by the Salaam-Shalom Music Project on April 23 at Evanston’s SPACE. “We started it around the time of 9/11,” said Lori Lippitz, organizer of the interfaith Arabic-Middle Eastern-Klezmer fusion band. “The Jewish community and the … Continued
Press release: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In 1991, oud player Rahim AlHaj fled Iraq, leaving behind his native land after being imprisoned twice for his political outspokenness. On ‘Letters From Iraq’ (out 4/7 on Smithsonian Folkways), the two-time Grammy nominee’s eight pieces for oud, string quintet, and percussion convey the story of contemporary Baghdad, from the fall … Continued
BY: Abigail Keyes/Ambassador Blogger This spring, the Shoruq Children’s Debke Troupe is touring the United States, performing Palestinian debke and hip-hop, and sharing their stories of life in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The 18 young men and women are all between the ages of 12 and 16 years old, and express … Continued
By Chris Riemenschneider Star Tribune Some of the biggest buzz makers at last month’s South by Southwest Music Conference weren’t musicians trying to break through to a national audience. They were artists simply worried about getting into the country. Performers from Iran and Egypt and even an Italian band named Soviet Soviet were all missing … Continued
By MADANMOHAN RAO World Music Central.org Ronnie Malley is a multi-instrumentalist musician, theatrical performer, producer, and educator. He collaborates with the music groups Allos Musica, Duzan Ensemble, Lamajamal, and Surabhi, and is a faculty member at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He performed recently at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in India with George … Continued
By Basma Atassi CNN In Beirut, that bustling Lebanese capital that continues to live in the shadows of a 15-year civil war, communities are still segregated, distrustful and divided over many fault lines that only taxi drivers can dare to cross. In the backseat of one of those green or navy old Mercedes-Benz taxis sits singer … Continued
Arabic Music Retreat The Arabic Music Retreat is a week-long intensive program in Arabic Music. Held each year at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts, and led by Simon Shaheen, Dr. AJ Racy and a master-level faculty, the Retreat attracts participants from across the U.S. and all over the world.The 21st annual Arabic Music Retreat … Continued
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