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The Rough Guide To The Music of Egypt
Cairo is the centre of the Arabic music and film industries
that to this day dominate output from Marrakech to Beirut.
The sheer magnetism of such a heaving metropolis has long
attracted Arab musicians and poets, and continues to do so
to this day as Egyptian music is influenced by and in turn
affects world cultural currents. The resulting renaissance
has energized society and music mirrors these modernizing
social trends – Egyptian pop has broken with the Arabic
traditions of poetry, monophony and intricate melody, offering
a fresh and sometimes controversial outlook. This album surveys
the Egyptian music scene, the spiritual home of Arabic music,
from Cairo and Alexandria in the north, to Nubia on the southern
borders with Sudan.
£10 (€15)
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