posted : Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

tags : misuc middle_east music facebook fan page

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turbulent off the soliloquy lp. [sussandeyhim]

posted : Monday, September 7th, 2009

tags : sussan deyhim shirin neshat iran iranian music vocal experimental middle_east

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doosh doosh. lyrics and music by ali akbar sheida from the songs of a persian garden lp. [mahsa & marjanvahdat].

posted : Sunday, September 6th, 2009

tags : mahsa vahdat iran kurdish songs_from_a_persian_garden middle_east marjan

kronos quartet performing tashweesh by ramallah underground via @aswaattbasel on pitchfork tv. [floodplain on nonesuch].

posted : Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

tags : music middle_east palestine kronos_quartet floodplain pitchfork tv video arab composition misuc ramallah_underground aswatt_basel twitter

aziz maraka, mashrou3 leila, ressala [leka eka3]

leka eka3 is bringing together well established artists from the region’s growing alternative music scene. Bands that have been building their musical language and audience separately in each country will finally get the chance to meet and fuse their genres to blast a new experience.

posted : Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

tags : beirut aziz_maraka music middle_east resala cairo egypt leka eka3

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posted : Friday, July 17th, 2009

tags : anouar_brahem middle_east jazz arab ecm music dave_holland john_surman thimar uns tunis tunisian

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posted : Thursday, July 16th, 2009

tags : sussan_deyhim bill_laswell shy_angels iran new_york madman_of_god music middle_east

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ya bani insane. [nass el ghiwane]. moroccan legends. the rolling stones of africa.

posted : Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

tags : nass_el_ghiwane morocco middle_east music misuc

i missed this smooth khaliji mj tribute. rip. via lalla lydia.

posted : Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

tags : mj michael_jackson smooth khaliji criminal lalla_lydia gulf middle_east dance video music

iranian kemancheh player kayhan kalhor and ny string quartet brooklyn rider play “beloved, do not let me be discouraged”. via alex ross.

posted : Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

tags : kayhan_kalhor brooklyn_rider alex_ross iran music middle_east kemancheh