Mipsterz, which is a loose group of self-proclaimed “Muslim hipsters,” has released a video entitled “Somewhere In America.” It shows several Muslim young women, all in hijabs, doing a variety of ...

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, ...

After an Indian buffet, warm chai and a vent about the difficulty of finding space for jamming sessions, 18 Jewish and Muslim musicians in Kensington opened up their instrument cases. The musicians ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ahmed Elkatib/MiC “What is your favorite song?” is a question I have begun to despise. I can ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British singer Sami Yusuf is not exactly sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, instead writing songs about topics as alien to rock music as the Beslan school massacre in Russia and the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The World of Music is an international peer-reviewed journal seeking a critical understanding of performing arts and cultural ...

UK rap and hip-hop have come a long way. In 1999, it accounted for just 3.6 percent of all singles purchased in Britain but in 2020, that figure rose to 22 percent. For a long time, it seemed like UK ...

Rihanna issued an apology to the Muslim community on Tuesday after being criticized for using a song that sampled a recitation from Islam’s sacred hadith for her 2020 Savage X Fenty fashion show last ...