music

During late President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s reign, Egypt was generally seen as a site for booming industry, with factories erected…

There’s something infuriating about Otaak Band. Their CD release party at the Cairo Jazz Club — which saw six musicians…

Last year, Egyptian singer Mohamed Mohsen got into a heated debate with leading musician Hany Shenouda about the future of…

Han Bennink looks amazed to find himself under a bridge in Cairo. The famous Dutch drummer and multi-instrumentalist is making…

Many Cairenes are moving away from listening to vinyl records to CDs and MP3s. Still, for some, the experience of…

Sixteen Egyptian women took to El Sawy Culture Wheel’s River Hall stage in front of a packed audience on Saturday…

Since the 25 January revolution broke out last year, many musicians have been looking to Egypt for inspiration and at…

Most times that Palestinian artist and musician Reem Kelani was in Tahrir Square, she took her tape recorder along. She…

When the revolution began in early 2011, artists were optimistic, as a heightened sense of free speech seemingly entered the…

A man has a job, he hates it. It's not that he's bad at it, in fact he's quite good.…