Tarek Yamani—a pianist who appears to have made it his life's work to figure out just how far Arabic musical traditions can be thrust into the American jazz idiom—has unleashed perhaps his most ...

A new wave of Arab artists are gaining global traction. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with music writer Danny Hajjar about this recent rise and the future of Arabic music. Danny Hajjar has always been ...

Does Islamic music have anything to do with the blues, jazz and rock? A whole lot, asserts Dr. Hussein Rashid, a native New Yorker who teaches religion at Hofstra University. In a lecture at Southern ...

This year the jazz series at Spoleto Festival USA features a quintet that speaks a language of collective sound, manifold influence and unencumbered individuality. Composer and violinist Layale Chaker ...

For the past year, I’ve been studying Arabic intensively while living in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and in recent months my teacher and I worked our way through a textbook called Media Arabic: A ...

To say that Ravid Kahalani is a charismatic performer is to say that water is wet and hawaij, the Yemeni spice blend, is fragrant. The Israeli-born musician is the lead singer and cofounder of Yemen ...

An ordinary public piano session turned into a memorable musical moment when Syrian singer Faia Younan joined pianist Aurélien Froissart for an impromptu live performance. Surrounded by passersby, the ...

Universal Music Group has announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a newly created label dedicated to discovering, introducing and championing the artists, sounds and rich musical culture ...

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 ...

The Arab music industry – plagued by rampant piracy, free YouTube clips and dated channels – is the new target for global streaming giants intent on bringing the outmoded business into the digital era ...

Thinking back on the Arabic music I listened to throughout my childhood, not many songs come to mind. However, one of the few songs I do remember clearly is “Kellon Aandon Sayarat,” a song that I’m ...