What do Bruce Springsteen, Mahalia Jackson, and John Coltrane all have in common? Well according to Dr. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University each bear witness to the Islamic Contribution to American ...

Summer camp may seem like an unlikely place to create a successful, internationally-acclaimed rap group. But in the early 90s, during an era when the mix of rap and musical activism was at its prime, ...

At a time of political rhetoric over Islam in America, a multi-cultural group of European musicians has been touring the U.S. playing sacred Islamic songs. The tour ends Thursday in Stockton with a ...

Mouled is the celebration of the birth of Mohammed, Islam’s prophet. Worldwide, Muslims gather to hear poems and stories about the prophet’s life, recite the Qur’an, and enjoy festive music and foods.

If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him for a member of One Direction with his hair and his style — but his name is Harris J. The 18-year-old British singer scored a deal with Awakening ...

Jonathan Pieslak does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Regarded as one of the leading Islamic musicians in Nigeria, Rukayat Gawat, is a woman of substance who is passionate about women’s responsibilities in a home which she often makes obvious in her ...

Anne Rasmussen’s connections in Indonesia have helped build the evolution of her research there, and over the years, the way she does it as well. Rasmussen, William & Mary professor of music and ...

If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him for a member of One Direction with his hair and his style — but his name is Harris J. The 18-year-old British singer scored a deal with Awakening ...

Ten questions for Mark LeVine on Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam (Three Rivers Press, 2008). What inspired you to write Heavy Metal Islam? What sparked your ...

Two decades ago, when the Taliban was first ousted from Afghanistan, Ahmad Sarmast departed from home in Melbourne, Australia, and set out to revive music, which the Taliban had banned, in his country ...