TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Iraq War Veteran Angie Lupe is living proof that music can heal. The strum of guitar strings and lyrics that might hit close to home. Her newly released song, “Stand Up For Us,” ...

“I’m quite a coward,” Rahma Riad admitted with a laugh. “I mean, I like taking risks in general, but I avoid reckless ones when it comes to my music career.” It’s a surprisingly candid confession from ...

Virginia Tech hosted “Sounds of Desire” on Saturday, a one-woman show accompanied with traditional Iraqi music. The performance, which started touring in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2003, depicts the lives ...

On Thomas Ades’s piano quintet, Peter Maxwell Davies’s Naxos Quartet No. 3, two string quartets of Christos Hatzis, and David Del Tredici’s Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter. Have a look at some ...

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 11 (UNHCR) - A trio of refugee musicians from Iraq have released their first album on some of the world's leading music-sharing sites and have agreed to use the profits to help ...

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Last Friday saw the release of Yoni Battat’s debut solo album Fragments. It’s a collection of Iraqi-Jewish-inspired original music and an ode to some traditional classics. Even before this album, Yoni ...

The background for all music in Iraq is maqam, whether it's religious or popular," explains Amir. Salaam does not strictly pursue the spirit of pure maqam -- that's the goal of the trio's other group, ...

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