music

In our fitness article last week, we discussed using music as a motivation to push one’s self to work out.…

In Egypt, Ramadan is more than a holy month of fasting; it is a month for stories and elaborate festivities.…

Reem Talhami, the Palestinian singer best known for her independent album "Ashiqa" (A lover), released in the early 2000s, owned…

Shiekh Gomaa el-Bana’s voice rang out Wednesday night, bouncing off the stone walls and casting a spell over the packed…

Last Tuesday Nass Makan (People of Makan) blended traditional Egyptian and Sudanese sounds with toe-tapping contemporary tunes for an evening…

Last Wednesday, ancient met modern at El Sawy Culture Wheel when the band Welad el-Faraana (Children of the Pharaohs), wearing…

A few weeks ago, after six years as independent musicians, Black Theama’s first album was released on Egypt’s Aarabica Music…

Cairo's Colombian community gathered last Sunday in the open air theater at Cairo Opera House to celebrate the bicentenary of…

For a band that’s been around for more than three decades, the Nile Band for Traditional Instruments isn’t as well…

The traditional map of Khedival Cairo marks Mohamed Ali Street as its northeastern gate. Aside from a bit of restoration…