It might be almost impossible to pinpoint the most popular or successful music productions of the year, as is success really measurable? Should we follow the charts or count the views on YouTube or ...

The reedy tones of a synthesizer bleed into the soundscape of dissonant electronics. Subsonic bass shakes the earth as metallic percussion comes down like thunder. When the storm breaks, a frantic ...

On Friday 18 April, Egypt's three-day 3al Ganoob music festival in Red Sea's Marsa Alam kicked off bringing 19 of the region's most entrancing independent musicians for non-stop beach jamming, sunset ...

Egypt has long been a key hub of Arab music and a cultural powerhouse in the Arab world — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED With its catchy beats and in-your-face lyrics, Egypt's hugely popular electro "mahraganat" ...

The day also commemorates the death anniversary of Sayed Darwish (14 March 1892 - 15 September 1923), an Egyptian musician, composer, and singer. He is widely regarded as the father of modern Egyptian ...

Performing at Coachella on the lower end of the bill has its benefits - it gives you something to aim for. This realisation hit Bayou when he shared the stage as a guest of Palestinian-American artist ...

The first few seconds of Marwan Moussa’s song “3AMEL EH” open with an interaction between the rapper and a voice that seemingly belongs to his therapist. The therapist can be heard asking the ...

Leaders of a musicians’ licensing group are trying to curb mahraganat, a bold genre wildly popular with young people. It is not clear if they can. By Mona El-Naggar CAIRO — The song starts out like ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light. Music producer ...