It's not every day that you hear tracks like Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal or Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You played on the oud, a guitar-like stringed instrument popular in the Arab world. For years, ...
A New York-based musician has become a social media sensation by covering songs such as Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal and the theme song of Game of Thrones while using a Middle Eastern instrument ...
Yemen Blues was founded in 2010 by lead singer Ravid Kahalani. The musical group draws on a powerful mixture of Yemenite, West African, and Jazz influences. Their mambo and North African rhythms ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Saudi poet Abdulatif Yousef will appear with Rhode Island poet laureate Tina Cane and Yemeni musician Ahmed AlShaiba for an evening of "poetry, music and perspective" at the Chace ...