Riad Abdel-Gawad was born May 9, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt. He composes music and performs on the violin, which, although does not fit easily into…
Artist Profiles: Riad Abdel-Gawad
Tag: Egyptian music
Artist Profiles: Hosam Shaker
Qanun virtuoso Hosam Shaker studied music at the age of fourteen at the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Cairo, obtaining his Master’s Degree in 1989.…
Artist Profiles: Hossam Ramzy
Born in Cairo, on December 15, 1953, Hossam Ramzy’s musical career began at the age of three when he was given his first drum, an…
Artist Profiles: Fathy Salama
Fathy Salama is a well known Egyptian composer, arranger and musician. Fathy is the former creator of jeel music. He composed hits during the 1980s…
Artist Profiles: El Tanbura
El Tanbura are a collective of veteran master musicians, singers, fishermen and Sufi philosophers. For the past years they have been keepers to some of…
Artist Profiles: Amr Diab
Amr Abd El-Basset Abd El-Azeez Diab, better known as Amr Diab, was born in Port Said, Egypt on October 11, 1961. He grew up in…
Jazz and Egyptian Intersections
Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music/Justin Time, 2017) Flying Carpet is a project that brings together two German ensembles, Quadro Nuevo…
Artist Profiles: Hakim
Recognized worldwide as a leader of the movement to popularize jeel, Hakim is an innovator who has revolutionized the genre of sha’bi. His music adds…
Artist Profiles: Fatma Zidan
Denmark-based Egyptian singer Fatma Zidan was the winner of the Danish World Awards in 2008 and 2010. Although she trained as a classical harp player,…
Rock the Tabla Dream Comes True
Hossam Ramzy and Various Artists Rock The Tabla (ARC Music, 2011) So rarely in life we are given exactly what we want. For musicians those…