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Oxmo Puccino is a French rapper of Malian origin who received a Victoires de la Musique award at the beginning…

Eftekasat, an Egyptian jazz band founded in 2001 by pianist and composer Amr Salah, performed yesterday at the closing ceremony…

Cairo's second International Jazz Festival brought together some of Egypt's best jazz bands as well as groups from eight other…

Can the term “Jazz” be defined accurately? Can we rely on an immutable definition of this musical style? Jerome Paressant,…

Tarhana is the Balkan name for a thick, white soup made from fermented dairy. But Tarhana the band is a…

It is 1:30 AM and your Al-Masry Al-Youm reporter is rubbing two bruises on the back of his skull. Too…

Iconic Lebanese music composer Ziad Rahbani arrived in Cairo today to participate in the second Cairo International Jazz Festival. A…

Among the bands coming to town for Cairo International Jazz Festival are Royal Crown Revue, a force behind the late-1990s…

Last night the Riff Band entertained a full house at El Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek with a carefully chosen…