This week's show is divided into two parts. In the first half, we hear tracks to compare three solo plucked instruments -- the oud, the lute, and the guitar. Then we feature three songs by Latin jazz ...
On Friday 26 February, a newly formed trio will take the stage of Room Arts Space in Cairo’s Garden City. Brainchild of the Egyptian-Canadian guitarist and oud player Ali Omar El-Farouk, the trio is ...
Just as Al-Andalus, the parts of the medieval Iberian peninsula under Moorish rule, combined diverse cultures in heady creative ferment, so the ensemble Al-Andalus weaves myriad musics into ...
He first heard the oud, a lute-like instrument, from a guitar teacher who gave him albums by jazz and Indian classical artists. After he finished college, he tracked one down on eBay and began ...
A craftsman in the old Medina neighborhood of Tunis tries to keep alive the art of making the traditional oud — a guitar-like instrument. An oud is basically a Middle Eastern lute. Now, in a changing ...
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