music
Music freedom day salutes Arab demonstrators
Art news
March 3, 2011
Music freedom day salutes Arab demonstrators
Musicians in the Middle East will pay tribute to the Arab uprising and commemorate the death of an Egyptian musician…
Master Mimz: a Moroccan woman raps on the Egyptian revolution
Art news
February 25, 2011
Master Mimz: a Moroccan woman raps on the Egyptian revolution
“Back Down Mubarak!” is in essence what millions of protestors have been chanting in a unified voice for the 18…
Revolutionary music: Rap up
Art news
February 15, 2011
Revolutionary music: Rap up
As Tahrir rapidly imposed itself as the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution and a space of peaceful demonstrations, a frenzy…
Revolutionary music: The noise from Tahrir
Art news
February 8, 2011
Revolutionary music: The noise from Tahrir
Those who have witnessed recent Cairo protests know firsthand just how loud they can get. But as protesters continue to…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
Egypt
February 7, 2011
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
Ahmed Basiony, a Cairo-born artist, experimental musician and teacher in his early thirties, was killed while participating in the first…
Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour
Art news
January 24, 2011
Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour
Best known by the moniker the Narcicyst, artist Yassin Alsalman demonstrates the possibilities of non-violent resistance through hip-hop. The Iraqi-Canadian…
Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo
Art news
January 11, 2011
Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo
In terms of non-violent protest, few things can be as emotionally engaging as music, a fact clearly reflected in the…
Rango: An instrument of revival
Art news
December 19, 2010
Rango: An instrument of revival
In the crammed cube that is El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music’s Tanboura Hall, audience and performers were forced…
Bands to Watch: Kaza Mada
Art news
November 3, 2010
Bands to Watch: Kaza Mada
Halfway through their rollicking Monday night performance at the Cairo Jazz Club, two things became immediately obvious about Kaza Mada.…