Muath Edriss is a singer, composer and performer. His professional career, in fact his whole life, revolves around the oud.

Five years after its launch, Saudi Arabia’s recently-concluded Mdlbeast Soundstorm music festival has put the kingdom’s capital of Riyadh on the map in terms of live events in the Middle East. This ...

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Some band names start as a joke, while others are carefully considered. In the case of Saudi Arabian four-piece Seera, it’s the latter – cementing their ethos via a word that means “story” or “journey ...

Saudi Arabia's biggest music festival, Soundstorm, has revealed a series of new zones and lounges designed exclusively for women — a move organisers say will allow female visitors to experience the ...

Saudi Arabia has dangled some $200 million to lure the Metropolitan Opera out of Lincoln Center and into the Royal Diriyah Opera House. The venerated company will perform Mozart’s , Puccini’s , and ...