Arabic Music Net picks

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Aravod Armenian Music Ensemble
Based in Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, this band performs Armenian dance music.

Box Entertainment
Huge collection of RealAudio samples of Arabic singers.

Children of Paradise
Tribal belly dance rhythms.

Christmas Songs
A collection of Arabic Christmas songs.

Doc Jazz
Palestinian songwriter and musician.

El-Khawli, Rabih
An Arabic singing superstar born in Lebanon.

Farabi
Four musicians who combine musical influences from Turkey, the Arab world, and Greece.

Hafez, Abdel Halim
Egyptian vocalist popular in the 50's.

Kalimat
A fast-loading set of RealAudio sound clips.

Khalid Hussein's Homepage
A very interesting page about Palestinian culture, including some songs -- very Java-heavy.

Libyana
Archive of Libyan music files.

Libyan Music
Real Audio clips of Libyan music.

Middle Eastern Music: Translated Song Lyrics
Translations into English of over 40 popular Middle Eastern songs; including Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, Armenian, and Greek.

Music of Lebanon
Arabic music jukebox, with lots of songs and links.

Music of the Maghreb
Information about music from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.

Oud Home Page
Information about the Oud, a Middle eastern lute.

Raicom
Pop music from Maghreb.

Rashed
Egyptian vocalist with an international flavor and a repertoire in Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. Video and sound clips (Quicktime required), bio, recording info, news.

Smiley's Arabic Song Page
RealAudio clips of Arabic songs. Extremely slow loading, with lots of Java.

Stars of the Oasis
A band of young Arab musicians with a variety of Middle Eastern influnces.

Sultan, Amin
Lebanese singing star now based in North America.

Takht Attourate
Band performing Egyptian instrumental and vocal pieces.

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