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World Music Central » Arabic music
1M ago
Firas Zreik & His Ensemble are set to perform on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 8:00pm at Roulette in New York City. Master qanun (zither)…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
1M ago
(headline photo: Two Luis Taberna images from the video Variaciones 4/4 Darbuka, Dohola, Frame Drums & Riq) Luis Taberna is a percussionist specializing in oriental…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
1M ago
(headline image: Hames Bitar at Casa Árabe in 2016) Syrian oud player and composer Hames Bitar currently lives in Madrid, Spain. His artistic trajectory is…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
5M ago
The album Baraaim El-Louz by Koum Tara has landed at #1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of December 2023. Baraaim El-Louz…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
8M ago
Zafer Tawil is a Palestinian composer and virtuoso musician born in East Jerusalem who is skilled at playing various musical instruments such as oud, violin,…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
10M ago
Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud – Sufi Trance of the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus (Buda Musique, 2023) Ensemble Al-Kindi and vocalist Ensemble Al-Kindi treat…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
11M ago
Gilgamesh – Tigris Nights (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2008) Gilgamesh, an innovative world music project, features the collaboration of two talented Iraqi musicians, Amir Saion and Hassan…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
1y ago
Driss El Maloumi – Aswat (Contre-Jour / Zig Zag World, 2023) Moroccan musician and oud virtuoso Driss El Maloumi is set to release his latest…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
1y ago
Berber oud player and composer Driss El Maloumi was born May 25, 1970, in Morocco. He grew up in the agadir area of southern Morocco.…
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World Music Central » Arabic music
1y ago
The oud (also spelled ud, l’ud and ‘ud) is a stringed instrument that is commonly used in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, and Central Asian music.…
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