QuarterTones | Music from the Arab World

QuarterTones | Music from the Arab World

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How Jordanian Rock Became a Thing | JadaL

Mahmoud Radaideh is a Jordanian songwriter, guitarist, music producer and vocalist, and the frontman and founder of Jordanian rock band JadaL.Connect with Mahmoud 👉 https://www.instagram.com/mahmoud_radaidehJadaL is a Jordanian Arabic Rock Band formed in 2003 by Mahmoud Radaideh. ...  Show more

Is There a Sound That's Unique to Arab America? | Ronnie Malley

Ronnie Malley is a Palestinian-American multi-instrumentalist musician on oud, guitar, keys, and percussion, a music producer, theater maker, and educator. He is also executive director of Intercultural Music Production. Malley’s professional work and academic research focuses on ...  Show more

Behind the Scenes: Alternative Music in Beirut | Fadi Tabbal

Fadi Tabbal is a Lebanese musician, producer and sound engineer often referred to as "the hardest-working man in Lebanon's alternative music scene." He established Tunefork Studios in 2006 and has produced and recorded some of the most renowned Lebanese and international acts in ...  Show more

Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist The Synaptik | Quitting Ritalin & Making Music

Laith Hasan, better known as The Synaptik, is a Celebrated Palestinian-Jordanian rapper and hip-hop artist with shows selling out worldwide. He started writing music since he was 17 and living in Jordan and finally moved to Palestine where he currently resides. His albums include ...  Show more

What is Classical Arabic Music? | Kareem Roustom

Kareem Roustom is a Syrian-American composer whose genre-crossing collaborations include music commissioned by conductor Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, arrangements for pop icons Shakira and Tina Turner, as well as a recent collaboratio ...  Show more