Diva: From Umm Kulthum to Dalida, showing at Beirut’s Sursock Museum, celebrates legendary singers, actresses and dancers ...

An artistic force in Lebanon, Ziad Rahbani was a composer and musician first and foremost. But he was also a playwright, whose critiques and satires earned him a reputation as the “voice of the ...

Dec 13 (Reuters) - Israel put a planned strike on a village in southern Lebanon on hold on Saturday after the Lebanese army requested access to the site to "address a breach" of a ceasefire agreement, ...

If there's one question that professional music lovers hear most often, it's some variation on: "Heard any good albums lately?" We always have, of course, but when it came time to highlight the cream ...

IN HIS first speech after being named prime minister, Nawaf Salam promised to build a new Lebanon. He set two main goals. One was to assert the authority of the state, a polite way of saying the ...

Court cites lack of security guarantees from Lebanon Grechushkin detained in Bulgaria, wanted by Lebanon Lebanon's blast probe hindered by political interference SOFIA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A Bulgarian ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

The Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2025 has announced this year’s Top 10 artists! The first round of voting for the upcoming award ceremony took place from November 20 to December 4, with Melon users ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Which artist defined 2025? Spotify is ready to submit its answer. Spotify Wrapped, the much-loved annual personalized music report, revealed the artists – both stateside and globally – who dominated ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...