I noticed the swelling of the double bass first, quickly followed by the fluttering of brushed cymbals. A saxophone pushing against the edges of a melody swiftly married the notes together, chords ...

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2025 issue. Filmmaker, journalist, podcast producer, record collector, and DJ Jackson Allers has lived an eclectic life. The native Houstonian has ...

If you’re walking down the street on any given morning in an Arab city and hear music, there’s a good chance Fairuz is singing. For many, her voice is synonymous with morning coffees and bus rides to ...

The Lebanese singer’s patriotic song has returned repeatedly since 1976 to inspire hope amid catastrophe. But as it resurges during the US-Israeli war, some Lebanese are chafing against its optimism ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) LEBANESE MAESTRO, HAROUT FRAZLIAN, SAYING: "This will be the first concert that I will be conducting without a public, physical public but I know that in the background there are ...