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 ...

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 ...

Speaking with Saint Levant feels like encountering two personalities at once. One moment, you hear Marwan Abdelhamid (his real name), his intimate voice carrying the warmth of distant days spent with ...

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs — in Hebrew and Arabic — released in this year of war. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news ...

We speak to Emel Mathlouthi and Ghalia Benali, two of the MENA region’s top artists, ahead of shows that promise freedom, love, and improvisation on stage ...

Gilad Hazan wowed the audience at the Jerusalem Oud Festival with his genre-defying performance, blending Arabic music with ...

Ana Silvera (pictured below), a British Sephardi Jew with family from Izmir and Aleppo, sings songs from the Ladino tradition, the culture that accompanied the Jews who were expelled from Spain and ...

In an underground reservoir built 1,233 years ago in a city that saw sectarian riots last year, visitors hear a beguiling musical composition that combines Arab love songs with Hebrew poetry. By ...