music

“Can’t you hear the rhythm?” asks local musician and curator, Yara Mekawei with her ears perked toward the street below…

As the number of active Internet users continues to rise in the Middle East and North Africa, social networking and…

“My southerners, my southerners,” sang Egyptian musician Dina El Wedidi during the closing set of The Nile Project's concert in…

There is something to be said for the solace and inspiration found within Egypt’s evolving musical landscape over the past…

Listening to Quranic verses and prayers playing on the radio while riding a cab is common in Cairo. But recently,…

It doesn’t really matter what type of music Lazzy Lung performs. After watching the band open for the Black Lips…

They didn’t set anything on fire, and nobody got arrested — both signs of commendable restraint by a band known…

On Mashrou Leila’s latest album is the song “Inni Mnih” (I’m All Right). The opening line of the lyric can…

Many people are not aware of Egypt’s internationally recognized Free Jazz Ensemble, which was active during most of the second…