Playlist #38: A Taste Of Music From Amman

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For the thirty eighth MARSM Digital playlist, we have invited Al Balad Theater’s Executive Director, film producer and all-around creative Aya Nabulsi to curate a special selection of music made in Jordan. Amman in particular has...

#6 Radio Karantina/Nasri Sayegh Mixtape

About the mix A love letter signed and sung by Feyrouz, Sabah, Nour El Hoda, Yasmine Hamdan, Darine Hamze, Shadia, Rajaa Mhammad, Hbiba Msika, Soap Kills, Asmahan, Zeid Hamdan, Rayess Bek, Fayza Ahmad and Shadia. About the mixers Nasri Sayegh is a Lebanese-French artist, actor and writer. He...

Playlist #37: Shubbak Festival Collaborations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. This year Shubbak Festival, the largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture in Europe, celebrates its 10 year anniversary since its foundation in 2011. Since then, MARSM has had the pleasure and honour to collaborate with...

Playlist #36: It’s All About That Beat

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. This playlist aims to focus on the pulse and passion of percussionists - in essence, the rhythm, the pulse and the heartbeat of most musical pieces, veering away from the saturated coverage of singers and giving...

#5 Beirut Groove Collective Mixtape

About the mix: Jackson Allers and Natalie Shooter of the Beirut Groove Collective have prepared a double mix for MARSM – an hour of power to give a taste of some of the eclectic sounds you might hear at The Beirut Groove Collective All-Nighter. Jackson’s mix...

Playlist #35: Freedom for Palestine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Every struggle for liberation is accompanied by music to strengthen the spirits of its people and uplift them. With the escalating and excessive violence waged by Israel on the indigenous Palestinian population, Palestinians have been taking...

Playlist #34: Ramadan Songs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. This month has been a month of fasting, reflection, and sharing joy through food with family and loved ones. As Ramadan is coming to an end, we’ve put together  a special playlist to mark the  joyful...

Playlist #33: Piano Pleasures

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Click here for the full playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Emerging from the Western classical repertoire, the piano made its first appearance in Arabic music in the early 20th century. The earliest works associated with this instrument are said to be by Sayed Darwish who used...

#4 Root Radio Collective

About the mix: A collective mix from the founders of root radio, Ahmedshk, howl and ret. The mix is a sonic journey of a selection of ambient, folk, jazz and electronic music from the local and global scene, hand picked carefully from the team to your...