NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Everything is a dream until you decide to make it a reality. For one Tennessee-born country music artist, his reality is an obstacle to those dreams. Mo Sabri is not a cowboy ...

A number of Muslim Americans are using art as a point of connection, not discord, between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States. Omar Chakaki, left, whose performance alias is Omar Offendum, ...

PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician. PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – The history of ...

Sounds from around the Islamic world rang out to the delight of the audience at an Oxford theatre over the weekend. The Muslim Music Festival, organised by the Muslim Education Centre of Oxford (Meco) ...

(JTA) — For most musicians working in the under-appreciated genre of world music, recording an album with Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of the famed English rock band Radiohead, would be something of ...

Liz Toussaint is an amazingly talented musician who is cut from a different cloth. At first glance, you may expect the vocals of your favorite R&B songstress to come from her. That is not the case.

FirstWorks, a non-profit connecting art with audiences in Providence, Rhode Island, will present an artist residency with multi-instrumentalist and movement artist Karim Nagi serving local K-12 ...

Since its birth in the ‘70s, hip-hop has become a global phenomenon and cross-cultural unifier. Countless artists like the members of Native Deen, a D.C.-area trio, have harnessed the power of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop singer Youssou N'Dour's 2004 album of Islamic music earned him a boycott by some Muslim fans, but in a new documentary about the album, "Egypt," he says the music has ...

Should an artist’s faith determine what happens to their work when they die? The death of one of France’s most successful rappers has raised this question. French rapper Werenoi, whose real name was ...

Rock stars sometimes destroy their guitars on stage. The audience isn't supposed to do it for them. Yet that's what happened to unknown 18-year-old singer Salman Ahmad during a 1982 performance in a ...

“What is your favorite song?” is a question I have begun to despise. I can recall when I used to be able to answer the question with little to no effort. Yet, now, each time I’m asked, I do a little ...