The traveling, thinking musician has been a fruitful template this year, with exciting work from Damon Albarn's Democratic Republic of Congo supergroup and Jace Clayton's Beyond Digital. The latest ...

When he was growing up in Beirut, Tarek Atoui had little interest in Arabic music. He wasn’t alone; many Lebanese of his generation, myself included, tuned in to mainly American and European music. He ...

The Damascus Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Mohammad Zaghloul, brought the timeless magic of Tarab to life with a ...

"The Prince of Tarab" — who represents Arabia in Billboard's Global No. 1s series — continues to lead charts and sell out concerts in his fourth decade of music. By Hala Mustafa With a career spanning ...

SHARJAH: The day after “Revisiting Tarab” made its world premiere in Sharjah, a member of the New York-based trio Anti-Pop Consortium reported that someone in the audience had complained of a ...

The 33rd edition of the Arab Music Festival and Conference, running from 16 to 25 October, will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional Arab music. More than ever, ...

Singer Abdallah Rahhal stepped on stage as the oud player picked out an intriguing tune. The musicians had met only moments before. Abdallah lifted his voice to meet the oud’s haunting semitones and ...

Interviewing an artist of Angham’s caliber presents a unique challenge and a thrill, merging anticipation with the weight of her legacy. Angham is, after all, a towering figure in Arabic music, an ...

BEIRUT — One of the Arab world’s most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died, Syria’s government said ...