Quartertones | Music from the Arab World

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Episodes: 93

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Quartertones is a music podcast which hosts current Arab musicians from different geographies who play contemporary and modern music, including pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, classical, among other genres. The guests are invited to talk about their work and play their music – whether live or recorded – in three segments. The audience gets a chance to listen to work from across the region and genres that is defining the scene in the region, and understand the music that these musicians and musicologists perform or study.

Episode Date
Oud & Pushing Back Against Conventions in Arabic Music | Huda Asfour
Sep 02, 2026
Palestinian Jazz: Taking Music Out of the Museum | Wanees Zarour
Aug 19, 2026
Refuge, Rebellion & Resonance | Hamed Sinno
May 21, 2026
On Reclaiming Our Narrative & the Power of Dabke | Zeyne at XP Air
Apr 14, 2026
Harissa Pop and Tunisian Music | Soudeni at XP Air
Apr 08, 2026
Strolling Between Musical Worlds | Kazdoura at XP Air
Apr 01, 2026
TootArd's Journey From the Golan Heights | Quoz Arts Fest 2026
Mar 05, 2026
Visual Art, Beirut's Soundscape & the Struggle to Create | Nasri Sayegh Jr. at Quoz Arts Fest 2026
Mar 03, 2026
26 Years of Shaping Music & Culture in the Arab World | DAM at Quoz Arts Fest 2026
Feb 19, 2026
Fusing Carnatic Music & Contemporary R&B | Gayathri Krishnan at Quoz Arts Fest 2026
Feb 18, 2026
What is the Future of Saudi Music & the Arabic Music Industry? | COO of MDLBEAST
Dec 30, 2025
Huda Asfour With a Performance by Mohamed Abozekry | Habibi Festival 2025
Dec 10, 2025
Mai Elgizouli With a Special Appearance by Alsarah & Performance by Rasha Nahas | Habibi Festival 2025
Dec 03, 2025
Maryam Turkey and Mohamed Abozekry | Habibi Festival 2025
Nov 26, 2025
Rasha Nahas With a Performance by Maii Waleed | Habibi Festival 2025
Nov 19, 2025
Layale Chaker With a Performance by Maii Waleed | Habibi Festival 2025
Nov 12, 2025
On the 78-Stringed Instrument | Syrian Qanun Player Maya Youssef
Sep 17, 2025
Decoding Empires: Akala on Hip Hop & South-South Solidarity
Aug 20, 2025
Palestinian Singer Lina Makoul: Unmuted, Radical & Community-Built
Aug 06, 2025
Shu Ma Sar: 1 on 1 with Palestinian-Jordanian Singer Dana Salah
Jul 30, 2025
Palestinian Resistance Music & Cultural Heritage | With Legendary Composer Issa Boulos
May 28, 2025
Dalida's Rise to International Stardom & Her Rootedness in Egypt | Barbara Lebrun
Apr 30, 2025
Dreamville Rapper Bas live at XP Music Futures in Riyadh | On Hip Hop, Sudan & J. Cole
Apr 16, 2025
Breaking Gender Norms in Music & Creating an All-Female Album | Emel Mathlouthi at Quoz Arts Fest
Mar 19, 2025
The Syrian-American Poet on the Evolving Landscape of Arabic Hip Hop & Intergenerational Connections
Mar 12, 2025
Building Empire Records & Repping Your Community | Live Quartertones With Ghazi Shami & Suhel Nafar at Sole DXB 2024
Feb 05, 2025
Layth Sidiq at Habibi Festival 2024 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 22, 2025
Ahmad Kubbara Gives Us a Masterclass in Music Production
Jan 15, 2025
Karim Ziad & Mehdi Nassouli at Habibi Festival 2024 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 25, 2024
Taktouka at Habibi Festival 2024 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 11, 2024
Narcy at Habibi Festival 2024 With Appearances by Hamed Sinno, Nadine El Roubi, Omar Offendum & Niko | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Nov 06, 2024
Nai Barghouti | Singing Palestine at the Toronto Palestine Film Festival
Sep 25, 2024
Scoring Films With the Composer of Corvine, Crashing Eid, The Curve & Flight 404 | Suad Bushnaq
Aug 28, 2024
Cheb Mimo | Crate Digging For Lost Raï
Aug 14, 2024
Rayess Bek: Studio Session
Aug 07, 2024
Why You Should Invest in Beirut's Music Scene | Sharif Sehnaoui
Jul 31, 2024
Reinterpreting Traditional & Popular North African Music | Khalil EPI
Jul 17, 2024
How JadaL Pioneered Arabic Rock From Jordan
Jul 03, 2024
Is There a Sound That's Unique to Arab America? | Ronnie Malley
Jun 19, 2024
Behind the Scenes: Alternative Music in Beirut | Fadi Tabbal
Jun 05, 2024
Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist The Synaptik | Quitting Ritalin & Making Music
May 22, 2024
Kareem Roustom | Defining Classical Arabic Music with the Emmy-Nominated Composer
May 08, 2024
Best Buzuq Players of All Time | Farah Kaddour
Apr 24, 2024
Palestinian Hip Hop From Lydda to the World | DAM
Apr 17, 2024
Third Culture Music: Belonging Beyond Geographies | Oddisee
Apr 10, 2024
Can Beirut's Haunted Buildings Help It Heal From Its Civil War? | Mayssa Jallad
Mar 20, 2024
From Aks'ser to Rayess Bek | Rayess Bek
Mar 06, 2024
Arabic Music in the Age of Digital Distribution | Ghaliaa
Feb 28, 2024
A Journey Through Arabic Percussion | Karim Nagi
Feb 21, 2024
Sofiane Saidi & Nesrine at Habibi Festival 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Feb 14, 2024
Clarissa Bitar & Sofiane Saidi at Habibi Festival 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Feb 07, 2024
Nesrine & Bab L' Bluz at Habibi Festival 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 31, 2024
Bab L' Bluz, Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 24, 2024
Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 17, 2024
Omar Offendum & Hadi Eldebek at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 11, 2024
Producing for Arab Pop Stars: Metrics & Mental Health | Sleiman Damien
Sep 25, 2023
Chromeo: From Beirut to Planet Funk | P-Thugg
Sep 05, 2023
DJing in the Middle of Nowhere | Nooriyah Qais
Aug 09, 2023
Co-founding DAM | Suhel Nafar
Jul 26, 2023
Jordanian Grunge | Akher Zapheer
Jun 28, 2023
Hip Hop, the Lahme Song & Making Beats From Old Syrian Vinyls | Thanks Joey
Jun 19, 2023
JOHN BAKHOS | Progressive Metal | Quartertones
May 24, 2023
Blu Fiefer | Independent Hip Hop from Lebanon to the World
Apr 17, 2023
Tunisian Classics Reimagined Through Jazz | Omar El Ouaer
Apr 10, 2023
Zeid Hamdan | Indie Music in Lebanon & Beyond
Mar 27, 2023
From Morocco to the World: the Art of Making Borderless Music | Malika Zarra
Mar 15, 2023
Expanding the Contemporary Nubian Songbook | Nesma Herky
Feb 15, 2023
The Music of Jewish Women in North Africa | Vanessa Paloma Elbaz
Feb 01, 2023
Zeid Hamdan & Lynn Adib at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 28, 2022
Hatim Belyamani & Mehdi WMD at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 26, 2022
Firas Zreik at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
Zahra AlZubaidi at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
Noura Mint Seymali & Matthew Tinari at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
Nadine El Roubi | Sudanese Rap
Oct 18, 2022
The Clarinet in Arabic Music | Kinan Azmeh
Oct 06, 2022
Oud With Two-time Grammy-nominated Iraqi Virtuoso | Rahim AlHaj
Sep 27, 2022
Producing Arabic Series & Music | Firas Abou Fakher
Sep 05, 2022
Lynn Adib | Exploring Arabic Music and Improvisation Through Jazz
Aug 22, 2022
The Sounds of Saudi Hip Hop | Big Hass
Aug 22, 2022
Arabic Musicology | Youmna Saba
Aug 22, 2022
TootArd | West Asian Disco
Aug 22, 2022
Saxophone & Arabic Rhythms | Basel Rajoub
Aug 22, 2022
Andalusian Form Muwashah & the Traditional Arabic Music of the 19th & 20th Century | Rima Khcheich
Aug 22, 2022
Le Trio Joubran & Oud-making | Adnan Joubran
Aug 22, 2022
Playing the Qanun | Firas Zreik
Aug 22, 2022
Yacine Boulares, Meera Dugal, Kinan Azmeh & Alex Knowlton at Habibi Fest 2021 | Live at Joe's Pub
Aug 22, 2022
Esraa Warda at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Aug 22, 2022
Innov Gnawa at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Aug 22, 2022
Alsarah & Haig Papazian at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Aug 22, 2022
Hip-hop in Lebanon, Syria & Palestine | Chyno
Aug 22, 2022
Narcy | Hip Hop & IRAQ-A-FELLA
Aug 22, 2022
Composing on Oud | Clarissa Bitar
Aug 22, 2022
Violin & Maqam | Layth Sidiq
Aug 22, 2022