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2010 In Arabic Music & Stolen Tunes
Maybe because that pop music sounds all the same now, maybe it’s because the lyrics do not add anything new. Lack of originality is hard to miss in Arabic pop. Also this year saw a high number of stolen musicals notes. Many songs released this year sounded all too similar.
This is How Arabs Confront Evil
In the aftermath of the tragic bombing in the Alexandria church in Egypt, scores of Arab artists started working on songs about the bombing, within 12 hours the first song surfaced and every day since the day of the tragic Church bombing there has been a new song calling for calm and unity and how the Christians and Muslims are BFFs.
Shocking! Yehya Saade Passes Away
Yehya Saade, the creative and sometimes controversial music video director might have just passed away in Turkey as a result of an accident with electricity on the set of Lebanese socialite Maya Diab first music video. The young director has dozens of music videos under his belt as he collaborated with a number of leading Arab female singers, who mostly loved his work. Lately he has been caught in public feuds with Egyptian songstress Somya Alkhashab. Maya Diab who learned of his tragic death has a breakdown.
The Song I Never Saw Coming
Yara, the Lebanese singer known for her mellow voice and Goddess like behavior and charm, she can do no wrong. She is huge in the Gulf, and everywhere in Arabia, Lebanon loves her, Egypt adores her, the Maghrib sheds tears in her concert, so she needs nothing form this song, she did it for Gaza,
Meet Yasmin, the Arab Box Office Darling
The formula for a movie where a female actress takes the leading role should be like the one Yasmin Abd El Aziz used. She is cute and guys like that so they will love to see her movies. She is childish and funny so you know gets lover to see her. She is wonderful in physical comedies, the one thing that makes a movie fun for the entire family is the clean physical comedy.
Meet the Father of Arabic Pop
Hamid El Shari (nickname Cabo) is a legend, I do not think there is any living Arab musician who has had more influence on shaping music of Arabia as much as he did. Hamid’s work made Arabic music appeal to the masses.
Censor Those Boobs Too?
Maybe that’s what passes for family entertainment, the kids get the song and the grown up can stare at something…..Or it might be that Layal, the singer is an overgrown child.
Terrorists Not Pop Stars Get Visas
Maryam Faris, possibly the hottest Lebanese star of the year won’t be coming to America. Maryam was supposed to take part in a concert where she was to perform In Las Vegas this Saturday, but that’ won’t be happening as she was not able to get a visa to cover her and her bands to entertain you here in America.
Finally, Some ROCKing Arabic Music
UTN1 has the honor to release the first Arabic rock music that grabbed my attention. UTN1 stands for unknown to no one which is really creative even for American band names. UTN1 is a four band members who come from Iraq and have been in the music scene since 2001, but judging from the number of hits they have on on their viedoe they are still an indie band.
The Hot Arabic Music Report
The best time to release an album is either the summer time or the holidays. For the majority of Arabs the Eid is the perfect time to sell records as people tend to have more cash and the mode is good so that translates to more sales and more concerts. This Eid, few Arab singers released their latest gems this holiday season.
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