Iraq News News Iraq » Music: Northern Ireland–Iraq music collaboration to perform at major international music festival
Macalla, an eight-piece ensemble linking Derry/Londonderry’s North West Folk Collective with artists from Iraq’s Mshakht Collective, will perform at two Celtic Connections concerts in Glasgow, ...
News Iraq » Music: Rahma Riad Talks About Fear, Iraqi Music & Creating Timeless Songs
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I'm quite a coward," Rahma Riad admitted with a laugh. "I mean, I like taking risks in general, but I avoid reckless ones when it ...
News Iraq » Music: Iraqi refugees release captivating album online
DAMASCUS, Syria, June 11 (UNHCR) - A trio of refugee musicians from Iraq have released their first album on some of the world's leading music-sharing sites and have agreed to use the profits to help ...
News Iraq » Music: Iraqi women mourn Sajida Obaid, a singer who gave them a taste of freedom
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Seven days after the legendary Iraqi singer Sajida Obaid died, women sat wrapped in black veils and abayas, their faces wet at her family home in the northern city of Irbil. Some ...
News Iraq » Music: After years of silence, music fills streets of Iraq’s Mosul
For centuries, it was a magnet for artists across the region and churned out Iraq’s best musicians — but recent years saw Mosul suffer a devastating musical purge. For three years until last summer, ...
News Iraq » Music: Rahma Riad Talks About Fear, Iraqi Music & Creating Timeless Songs
"I'm quite a coward," Rahma Riad admitted with a laugh. "I mean, I like taking risks in general, but I avoid reckless ones when it comes to my music career." It's a surprisingly candid confession from ...