Syria News News Syria » Music: Syrian band's concerts are music to German ears
Singer Abdallah Rahhal stepped on stage as the oud player picked out an intriguing tune. The musicians had met only moments before. Abdallah lifted his voice to meet the oud’s haunting semitones and ...
News Syria » Music: Syria’s Kurdish artists defy ISIS mentality through music, dance
Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...
News Syria » Music: Syria: A Portrait in Music
The world's attention has been on Syria for weeks; a country mired in chaos, a geopolitical conundrum, a complicated moral dilemma. But what about Syria's musical landscape? This week's Rhythm Planet ...
News Syria » Music: Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home after 13 years to perform in post-Assad Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hani Al Sawah recently walked the streets of Damascus, Syria's capital, with wide-eyed excitement. It had been 13 years since the rap artist last was in Syria. Later that night, ...
News Syria » Music: From Syria to Paris, music provides haven
Staccato lyrics may be no match for Bashar al-Assads military firepower, but two brothers, who fled to Paris from Syria and perform as "Refugees of Rap", find sniping with words a liberating ...
News Syria » Music: Syrian singer Khater Dawa performs in Homs after years abroad
Syrian singer Khater Dawa performed a concert on Thursday at the Orthodox Theatre in the Old City of Homs, marking a return to the ...
News Syria » Music: Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home to perform
Hani Al Sawah, the rap artist known as Al Darwish, recently walked the streets of Damascus, Syria’s capital, with a profound sense of excitement. It had been 13 years since he last set foot in his ...