East meets West
Hearing the Quarter-Tones
"The awkwardness grew even more when I played simple kids songs they know, and put
From the teachings of Prof. Dalia Cohen
It has been a long time since I wrote here, and many good things happened
Who’s afraid of Oum Kulthum?
Or: Thoughts about encountering Middle Eastern music When we discuss the double bass in Middle
Arabic Music and the Audience
Traditional Arabic music includes a unique and inseparable connection between the performer and the audience.
Bottesini in Cairo
The traditional Arabic music of our day has definitely evolved partly under the influence of
The Double Bass and Middle Eastern Music- Introduction
Update: This was the first of a series of posts explaining how the double bass