Showing posts with label Social Sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Sciences. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The R.E.G. Project

Guy ManoukianGuy Manoukian (via last.fm)

The R.E.G. Project are Ralph Khoury, Elie Barbar, and Guy Manoukian. The three Lebanese musicians both compose new oriental fusions and remix Arabic classics such as Warda’s Batwannis Beek, and Abdelhalim Hafiz’s Zay Al Hawa. All three musicians work solo currently. Last.Fm

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Wust El Balad

Cairo TowerImage via Wikipedia

Wust El Balad, an amazing blend of sounds, combining traditional Arabic music with a modern and western twist, is successful in making their music as accessible as possible, not just in Cairo, but beyond. Wust El Balad means real world music in the best sense of the word.

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Madeline Matar

Madeline Matar (Arabic: "مادلين مطر" ‎, also transliterated as Madeleine Mattar) is a popular Lebanese singer. Her repertoire includes popular Arabic music.WIKIPEDIA



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Sunday, February 15, 2009

La Fouine

Laounni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine or Fouiskin (born 1981), is a French rapper of Moroccan origins. He is a growing figure of French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré Au Son, in 2005. La Fouine released his second album, Aller-Retour, on March 12, 2007. Focus produced the whole album.Wikipedia

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

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.Wikipedia

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