Rhany Kabbadj

Rhany Kabbadj(ou Ghani Kabaj) est Né, en 1972, à Marrakech de père marocain et de mère franco-algérienne.Très jeune, il quitte le Maroc pour s’installer en Tunisie où il ne tarde pas a confirmer son talent d’artiste. Au Maroc Rhany est déjà une star, et ses fréquentes apparitions à la télévision tunisienne et marocaine, son concert à la...

CHEB BILAL

Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok) is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.WikipediaRelated articles by ZemantaCheb sahraoui (arabmusique.blogspot.com)Cheb NASRO (arabmusique.blogspot.com)Reda Taliani (arabmusique.blogspot.com)Chaba Fadela (arabmusique.blogspot.com)Reda Taliani (arabmusique.blogspot.com)Cheb...

Mahasti

Eftekhar Dadehbala (Mahasti) (November 16, 1946 - June 25, 2007) was an Iranian singer who was recognized as the "Banooye Golhaa va Delha" (Lady of hearts & flowers). She was the younger sister of another popular Iranian female singer, Hayedeh. Mahasti's voice was discovered by maestro Parviz Yahaghi, a distinguished Iranian composer...

Helen Maa

Helen was born in Tehran, Iran to an Armenian family. She demonstrated her vocal talents as a very young child, and at the age of 15, she was accepted to the prestigious Tehran Conservatory of Music. During her rigorous music education, Helen´s studies were focused on opera as well as classical piano. Shortly after graduation, Helen set off...

SUZAN TAMIM

Suzanne Tamim (Arabic: سوزان تميم‎, September 23, 1977 – July 28, 2008) was a Lebanese singer who rose to fame in the Arab world after having won the top prize in the popular Studio el fan television show in 1996. She was found murdered in an apartment in Dubai Marina in 2008. On September 2, 2008, Egyptian businessman and lawmaker Hisham...

Ghassan Saliba

Ghassan was born in "Majdel Akoura", a village in Jbeil district in Lebanon. His first appearance was in "Studio El Fan" in 1973 where he got the first prize in "The Lebanese Song" category for singing songs for Wadih Al-Safi. Ghassan's singing career began when he took part in "Petra" (1977), the popular musical play of Rahbani brothers....

Hoda Haddad

Hoda is the sister of Fairouz. However, her participation in the Rahbani projects since the early 1960s is due to her talent and not to her family relationship to Fairouz. When Fairouz started to become a major star in Lebanon and in the Middle East in the 1950s, Hoda Haddad was a child. It was not until the start of the Baalbeck International...

naseer shamma

Naseer Shamma (Arabic ,نصير شمة), is a renowned Arab Iraqi musician and oud player.He was born in 1963 in Kut, a village on the Tigris River. He began studying the oud at the age of 12 in Baghdad, following in the footsteps of Jamil and Munir Bashir. When he was 11-years old, Shamma saw an oud for the first time, in the hands of a stylish...

Farid El-Atrash

Farid El Atrache (فريد الأطرش) (né le 19 octobre 1915, Jebel Ed-Druz, Syrie – mort le 26 décembre 1974, Beyrouth, Liban) est un auteur, compositeur, interprète, virtuose de l'oud et acteur syrien. Avec Oum Kalthoum, Fayrouz, Mohammed Abdel Wahab et Abdel Halim Hafez, il est le plus important nom de la musique arabe du XXe siècle. Il joue...

Tony Kiwan

Tony Kiwan was born on October 2nd, 1965 in the village of Freides in the Chouf region of Lebanon. He studied music at the national music institution where he specialized in the "aoud", singing "mwashahat", and the history of music. Tony also specialized in singing public, folkloric, and historical songs. His music collection includes more...

kabyle

The Kabyle group Agraw consisted of two Algerians: Boudjema Semaouni and Hassen Zermani.Boudjema (also spelled Boudjemâa) was born in Semaoun, Algeria in 1952. He began his career as a singer for Radio Berber Channel 2 and released a single for the Vogue label before moving to Paris in 1980.Hassen Zermani, is better known as Takfarinas. He...

Arash Howaida

Arash Howaida (born in 1980 in Afghanistan - Kohistan district) is one of the modern Hip Hop and Pop Afghan artists and composers. Arash currently resides in Hamburg, Germany and is the son of popular Afghan artist Zahir Howaida.Known for his hit songs "Laila" (in Persian, German and Arabic) and "Allah Allah", Arash is best known for his...

Nawid Orokzai

Nawid Orokzai was born in March 16th, 1982 . Nawid was born and raised in a family of actors and moviemakers and followed footsteps of his dad and uncle. Nawid’s father, Mr. Obaid Orokzai, had the reputation of the best cameraman in National Television of Afghanistan. Nawid’s uncle, Mr. Saed Orokzai, who was awarded international movie festival,...

Bashir Hamdard

Bashir Hamdard was born in Afghanistan - Kabul - on 15 januari 1986. On his 10e anniversery Bashir moved with his family to Islamabad - Pakistan. There he visited the Abu Ali Sina School. He always was one of the best in his classes. In the year 2000 the whole family moved to Germany - in the hope of a better live, as the circumstances of...

Ahmad Zahir

Image via WikipediaAhmad Zahir (Persian: احمد ظاهر, 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979), was an Afghan singer, songwriter, and composer. A celebrity of enduring popularity more than a quarter century after his death, he is considered an icon of music in Afghanistan.WikipediaRelated articles by ZemantaLetter: Persian voicesCameron Car...

Mohsen Namjoo

Namjoo was born in 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, Iran and began his musical training at the age of 12, studying under Nasrollah Nasehpoor until the age of 18. In 1994 he was offered admission to study Theater and Music at University of Tehran. Since the music program at the university wouldn't start for another year he first joined the theater course....

Hich-Kas

Soroush Lashgari (born May 10, 1985 / Persian: سروش لشگری) better known by his stage name Hich Kas (Persian: هیچکس, meaning "no-one" is a rap artist from Iran. Despite being one of the most popular hiphop acts in the country, he has never received official permission to release his music on CD. (Most western-style music is banned in the...

Erfan

Erfan was born on August 3rd, 1983 in Isfahan, Iran. At the age of six months, Erfan began his journey across the world. After living in multiple countries, Erfan's family knew it was time to set their sites on one specific area. After much thought, Erfan and his family began building their life in the USA. Being raised in a family who highly...

mansour

Mansour Zalzal (Arabic,منصور زلزل),late 700s - early 800s was an Arab Musician and composer of Al-Kufa during the Abbasid era. Contributed musical scales that were later named after him (the Mansouri scale,Arabic,المقياس المنصوري) and introduced positions (intervals) within scales such as the wasati-zalzal.Wikipe...

Grace Deeb

Image via WikipediaGrace Deeb (Arabic: غريس ديب‎) is a Lebanese singer who was born in Beirut and began her career at the age of fourteen. She sings in various languages (Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Greek) and has two albums to her name. Her latter album was produced by the Saudi Arabian record company Rotana.WikipediaRelated...

Fares Karam

Image via WikipediaFaris Karam is a famous Lebanese singer who has produced many big hit singles in Lebanon and around the world such as "El-Tanoura" (English: The Skirt). Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations and festivals. Born in Jezzine, in the south of Lebanon. He has a little girl....

Lotfi Double Kanon

Image via WikipediaLotfi Double Kanon, Algerian Rap music performer, was born July 6th, 1974 in Annaba (Algeria).Graduated in Engineering Geology in 1998, Lotfi Double Kanon is also a big fan of Rap music.Born to a family of modest means, Lotfi Double Kanon bought his first synthesizer with his summer job earnings. Later on, he presented...

MASSIV

Image via Wikipedia Massiv - Meine Zeit | Track! Album Am 27.02.09 ! - The funniest bloopers are right hereMassiv (born Wasiem Taha, in 9 November 1982 in Pirmasens) is a Gangsta rapper of Palestinian decent, though he currently resides in Berlin. At the beginning at his career he was at the Label Horrorkore Entertainment, but he left and...

Rima Khcheich

Image by Sorgul©® via FlickrRima Khcheich, a Lebanese singer, was born in 'Khiam', South Lebanon, in 1974.She started singing Classical Arabic music at the age of nine, and was awarded the bronze medal at the 'Bizert Festival for the Mediterranean Song' in Tunisia, 1985.Rima's singing career started off with the children's choir at the 'Arabic...

Sheryfa Luna

Image via WikipediaSheryfa Luna (born Chérifa Babouche on January 25, 1989) is a French R&B singer born to an Algerian father of Kabyle origin and a French mother.She won the fourth series of the French edition of popular Popstars in October 2007. [1] Her self titled debut album peaked at #3 in France and was certified Gold there.She...

Kenza Farah

Cover of AuthentikKenza Farah (born July 8, 1986 in Béjaïa, Algeria) is a French R&B singer, originally from Algeria. She is considered the first internet success story in the French music industry. Her album Authentik, released in 2007, went gold in its second week.WikipediaRelated articles by Zemantaz...

Hussam Al Rassam

Image via WikipediaHussam Al Rassam (born 29 March 1978 in Hilla, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer who has become a national icon post the 2003 Iraq war. He is credited for being the first Iraqi singer to debut in the post Saddam Hussein era.He started his career as a singer fairly young but did not have much success until later in life with his...

Nawal Ala Zoughbi

Image via WikipediaNawal Al Zoghbi was born June 29, 19** in Lebanon and has Canadian citizenship. Nawal began singing at an early age, despite familial opposition to the lifestyle of a singer. Members of her family changed their minds when they realized she was serious in her ambitions.Nawal is the oldest of her two brothers and one sister....