music

Musical comedy can be a double-edged sword, albeit one with a somewhat blunted blade. Writing a good song is no…

Last year's 100Lives electronic music festival at Rawabet Theater had a celebratory feel. “People were drinking in the streets, dressing…

The sixth annual 100Live Electronic Music Festival takes place Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 June, in downtown Cairo. Ten…

Kinan Azmeh’s music is hard to classify. It gently captures the audience’s soul, with its smooth mixture of jazz, classical…

The politics were somber, the mood was buoyant. The audience was small, about half the capacity of the El Sawy…

During late President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s reign, Egypt was generally seen as a site for booming industry, with factories erected…

There’s something infuriating about Otaak Band. Their CD release party at the Cairo Jazz Club — which saw six musicians…

Last year, Egyptian singer Mohamed Mohsen got into a heated debate with leading musician Hany Shenouda about the future of…

Han Bennink looks amazed to find himself under a bridge in Cairo. The famous Dutch drummer and multi-instrumentalist is making…

Many Cairenes are moving away from listening to vinyl records to CDs and MP3s. Still, for some, the experience of…