ST. JOSEPH — The Box Factory for the Arts is set to host an all-acoustic holiday concert led by guitarist Bryan Lubeck. The event, “Welcome Winter with Bryan Lubeck & Friends,” is scheduled for 7 to 9 ...

On Friday 26 February, a newly formed trio will take the stage of Room Arts Space in Cairo’s Garden City. Brainchild of the Egyptian-Canadian guitarist and oud player Ali Omar El-Farouk, the trio is ...

This week's show is divided into two parts. In the first half, we hear tracks to compare three solo plucked instruments -- the oud, the lute, and the guitar. Then we feature three songs by Latin jazz ...

He finds it a "good analogy for life." Missoula residents can hear what Grdina means when he debuts brand-new music with a new group here Wednesday. The trio features Grdina on guitar/oud, Matt ...

Oud player Wassim Odeh has played at the annual Oud Festival more than once, but this year will still be a first of sorts — as he is appearing with his own band, swapping out a guitar and saxophone in ...

The Egyptian-born Australian oud virtuoso may be the funniest man at the Aria awards – if only they’d ever hand him one during the main show When Joseph Tawadros finally won an Aria for best world ...

THE Middle East is shattered. From the civil war in Libya to the killing fields of Iraq and Syria, the region has never been more divided. But amid the chaos, a few symbols still manage to unify ...

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When Sandy Bull died last week at the age of 60 at his home in Franklin, Tenn., the music world lost a true pioneer of multicultural fusion. The guitarist had been out of the limelight for several ...