Joseph Tawadros – Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Classics, 2020) Egyptian-Australian oud master Jospeh Tawadros has recorded a sublime live album with the…
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Artist Profiles: Um Kulthum
Um Kulthum [also written Umm Kulthum, Oum Kolthoum, Oum Kalsoum, Omme Kolsoum, and Oum Kulthoom] was one of the greatest vocalists in Arabic music during…
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ARC Music announced today that Egyptian percussionist and composer Hossam Ramzy passed away on Tuesday, September 10th, 2019. He was 65. Hossam was undergoing treatment…
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Cairo-born Australian ud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has a new album titled Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower. On this recording, Joseph Tawadros shifted from his customary…
View More Joseph Tawadros Releases Betrayal of a Sacred SunflowerRiad Abdel-Gawad – Words of Peace (Medan Elmusica, 2019)
Riad Abdel-Gawad – Words of Peace (Medan Elmusica, 2019) U.S.-based Egyptian composer, violinist and educator Dr. Riad Abdel-Gawad creates music that acknowledges the oneness of…
View More Riad Abdel-Gawad – Words of Peace (Medan Elmusica, 2019)Artist Profiles: Dina El Wedidi
Vocalist, daf player and experimentalist Dina El Wedidi was born on October 1, 1987 in Giza, Egypt. She performed traditional Egyptian folk music with the…
View More Artist Profiles: Dina El WedidiEgyptian and Ukrainian Artists to Perform in the USA through Center Stage
Some of the greatest performers and creative innovators from Egypt and Ukraine will be traveling to the United States in September-November 2018. The music and…
View More Egyptian and Ukrainian Artists to Perform in the USA through Center StageEl Berencesa’s Rhythmic Vignettes
Hossam Ramzy – El Berencesa -The Princess (Drumzy Music CD001, 2018) Hossam Ramzy is one of the most important currently active percussionists / composers. This…
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Sheikh Yaseen el Tuhamy, from Cairo, is one of Egypt’s best-loved and most compelling Sufi singers (munshid). Sheikh Yaseen’s songs are based on the sacred…
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