Bollywood has always been a melting pot of cultures, especially when it comes to music. Over the decades, Hindi cinema has ...

AMMAN, Jordan – A popular Lebanese rock band says Jordanian authorities have banned them from performing because their songs promote religious and sexual freedom. Jordan's Antiquities Department ...

Until recently, Arab music had been used by American and European studios and popular media in a way that “was very orientalist,” playing on racist tropes, according to writer and music journalist ...

Ziad Rahbani, a treasured Lebanese composer and musician, has reportedly died. He was 69. According to a statement from the hospital where Ziad was being treated in Beirut, which was obtained by the ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ >> In a studio above Water Street in Santa Cruz, a musician frequently referred to as the best microtonal accordionist of his generation is leading a handful of students through “Tamr Henna ...

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Lebanese famous writer and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of the country's diva Fairuz, has died aged 69, Lebanese news agency said on Saturday. Rahbai is considered one of the most influential innovators ...

Dana Hourani has harnessed a following over the past several years that makes her not just any kind of person of influence in the Middle East, but one with a clear vision and purpose that inspires ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has banned a performance by a popular Lebanese rock band on religious grounds, spurring criticism of the Western-allied kingdom, which portrays itself as an island of ...