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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Late last year, Fox aired arguably the most bizarre addition to the crowded field of reality singing competitions. The show was called Alter Ego, and the concept was simple: Instead of having aspiring ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Gripped by nervous excitement, young Muslim singers from Thailand's conflict-plagued south gather for choir practice ahead of a performance of a lifetime -- for Pope Francis himself, who is in Bangkok ...

(RNS) — Observers say the increasingly popular genre is triggering violence against Muslims, a minority already marginalized by Hindu nationalists with support from the BJP government. (RNS) — Upendra ...

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 ...

Suhana Sayeed, 22, from the southern state of Karnataka, is a contestant on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa programme. A Facebook page called Mangalore Muslims objected to her singing a Hindu devotional song while ...

Gripped by nervous excitement, young Muslim singers from Thailand's conflict-plagued south gather for choir practice ahead of a performance of a lifetime -- for Pope Francis himself, who is in Bangkok ...