It is not often that you see a Swaminarayan sadhu, draped in saffron, visit a home in Juhapura, Gujarat's largest Muslim ghetto. It is routine for Khan, a teacher with Kadamb school of music and dance ...

Like religion, music readily spreads beyond its land of origin because people bring their music with them when they travel, just as they bring with them their own faith and rituals. Familiar chants, ...

Presented in cooperation with Sacred Songs, Sacred Sites, musicians Jamuna Murali, Raja Rajeshwari Bhat, and Ali Durrani will showcase and detail the nuances and intricacies of two traditions of ...

PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician. PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – The history of ...

ABU DHABI, Jul 15, 2010 (AFP) - Musicologists funded by Abu Dhabi are roaming Islamic countries in search of lullabies and children's songs, one of the first projects of a centre that aims to preserve ...

Musicians were beaten by ISIS religious police in Syria for playing an “un-Islamic” keyboard — and the brutes then destroyed the players’ instruments. The ISIS enforcers were seen striking the men ...