10 Arabic Music CDs for Beginners About – News & Issues I don't know a darned thing about Arabic music , but I'd like to, so where should I start?" I'd start up the old iPod and jabber on for hours, eventually sending you home with an enormous bag full of CDs and live concert...

Al-Bawaba Nancy Ajram wins World Music Award Al-Bawaba On a different note, Jiji stated that Nancy will be holding a grand performance in the Italian city Milan next month. The concert is part of the grand Arabic Music Festival taking place in Italy for the first time and is considered to be the first...

Of bhakti and karuna! Times of India Todi is seen in the Maqams of Arabic Music , Yiddish songs, Klezmer music, Russian Folk songs, Jazz and Middle Eastern Music where it is known as the Maqam Kurd. In the court of King Serafogi Maharaja, it is said that Sitaramayya, a versatile musician, … See...

Islington Gazette Arab entertainment comes to Islington Islington Gazette It features Chalf and Melanie, alongside guest dancers and The Arab Quarter Band which is made up of London's finest Arab musicians including Bashir Abdel Aal who plays the ney (the Arabic flute). Melanie, who has studied...

Leaders Wanted: Protest Songs From The Arab Spring WBUR Today, Hani Almadhoun, the blogger behind Hot Arabic Music , lists songs that were a huge part of the Arab Spring protests. You can listen to the conversation by clicking the audio link above, and hear the songs they discuss below See the original...

KUNC Leaders Wanted: Protest Songs From The Arab Spring KUNC Today, Hani Almadhoun, the blogger behind Hot Arabic Music , lists songs that were a huge part of the Arab Spring protests. The rest is here: Leaders Wanted: Protest Songs From The Arab Spring – KUNC

'Sacred Bridge' a meeting of ensembles – and faiths The Boston Globe Clockwise from left: Camerata's Anne Azéma; music director emeritus Joel Cohen; and, from left, Mehmet Sanlikol, Boujemaa Razgui, and Ziya Tabassian of Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble. Original post: ‘Sacred Bridge’...

Boston Camerata adds Muslim dimension Washington Post Camerata's performance in the wonderfully medieval-soaked Dumbarton Oaks music room on Sunday, joined by the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble, reveled, most strikingly, in context. Latin and Hebrew verses of Psalm 114 alternated, their ornamented...

MAGNIFICENT STRINGS blogTO (blog) "Three different soundscapes, three great traditions, three master musicians offered their audience a very high-caliber encounter." – La Presse After triumphant success at the Montreal Arabic Music Festival, Naseer Shamma and The Magnificent Strings...

Cairo Opera House postpones a number of events Ahram Online The Omar Khairat concert, which was planned to take place on 21 and 22 November as a part of the annual Arabic Music Festival, is postponed until further notice. Read the original here: Cairo Opera House postpones a number of events –...