At a time of political rhetoric over Islam in America, a multi-cultural group of European musicians has been touring the U.S. playing sacred Islamic songs. The tour ends Thursday in Stockton with a ...

The largest Islamic arts festival in America returns to the University of Houston for its 12th year, featuring more than ...

Vol. 45, No. 2, Traditional Music and Composition: For György Ligeti on his 80th Birthday (2003), pp. 39-52 (14 pages) The article addresses the problems of national identity embedded in the musical ...

Egypt's Mahmoud al-Tohamy is a master of Islamic music, a 1,400-year-old art form known as "inshad" — but that hasn't stopped him from performing the "Game of Thrones" theme song. At age 41, Tohamy is ...

Let's pause to consider the value of Byzantine art and how its music and iconography have such great spiritual significance. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and ...

Rap music is no stranger to controversy. From the get-go, it's been the medium through which artists have sounded off on everything from social injustice to verboten urges. Rap is where the political ...

Presented in cooperation with Sacred Songs, Sacred Sites, musicians Jamuna Murali, Raja Rajeshwari Bhat, and Ali Durrani will showcase and detail the nuances and intricacies of two traditions of ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Weaving through the rooms of my Brisbane childhood home, carried on the languid, humid, sub-tropical air, was the sound of an ...