Youssra El Hawary and her five-person band will perform at the Kennedy Center and the U Street club Tropicalia. (David Degner) By Mark Jenkins September 5 In the spring of 2012, Youssra El Hawary...
How have your international performances shaped your music career? From the age of 19 to 32, I lived in Croatia. Though I had previous experience of performing at left wing political gatherings in...
Cairo –The Center Stage music program, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, has selected three contemporary music ensembles from Egypt for month-long tours in the U.S. between July and...
On a warm April evening in New York, a Pakistani woman holds an audience captive at the Asia Society in the Upper East Side. Sitting cross-legged and barefoot on a red Persian rug, she leads a sama...
When I perform, I feel like there is no one in the hall. Every single time, I’m not there. I’m somewhere else. And I don’t know where that place is.” Sanam Marvi has just performed at the BAM Opera...
Sanam Marvi knows no such thing as stage fright; on stage she's as natural as having a cup of steaming chai. Throughout the performance, she quietly controls the other musicians through nods, a wave...
NEW YORK: Pakistani folklore Sufi singer Sanam Marvi enthralled audiences in New York with her singing at the Asia Society in New York.In an interview with Bernama shortly before her performance...
Fallon Gates Daily Arts Writer Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 4:39pm UMS Presents Sanam MarviApril 15th @ 8 p.m.Rackham Auditorium$22 - $42 “I fill this earthen vessel with love for my Beloved / I fill...
walked into the designated hotel room to find it kind of full — and the occupants were only half of the band. Singer, songwriter, composer and band leader Ahsan Bari was sitting on one corner of the...
'This message is too big to be contained in one province; it concerns all of humanity. It’s not connected with any one religion. It needs to go global.' By Anna Chandler anna@connectsavannah.com @...
