Singer Abdallah Rahhal stepped on stage as the oud player picked out an intriguing tune. The musicians had met only moments before. Abdallah lifted his voice to meet the oud’s haunting semitones and ...

The world's attention has been on Syria for weeks; a country mired in chaos, a geopolitical conundrum, a complicated moral dilemma. But what about Syria's musical landscape? This week's Rhythm Planet ...

Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel visits MBE at 10am to share songs from Syria and Tunisia. Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel visits MBE at 10am to share songs from Syria and Tunisia. KCRW's all-music ...

The music was provided by an oud: The base was a cooking pot, the neck created out of wood from a box of fruit, the strings made from sock threads and the pegs from fruit stems. The musicians were ...