Middle Eastern Music Blog
Interview with Peter Deneff
We just launched our 4th episode of our new TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Podcast. Andrew and Aram interview Peter Deneff, an accomplishe...
We Just Launched our TAQS.IM Podcast!
We're huge fans of Podcasts (we got sucked into ones like Serial, Song Exploder and Hardcore History to name a few) but couldn't f...
Featured Artist – Bassist Vik Momjian
You don't often think of rhythm players as being "virtuosos", but every so often you may come across someone that shatters the mol...
5 Middle Eastern Rock Bands
Our last blog post explored the effect of Middle Eastern music on mainstream artists where there was a song or two which had that ...
Middle Eastern Music in Popular Music
Whether you're listening to Youtube, Spotify, or your satellite or terrestrial radio, at one point or another you will inevitably ...
A Cat, An Oud & Middle Eastern Music
Welcome to the world of "Chillhop beats to relax/study to" - a recent YouTube phenomenon where infinitely looped animation clips a...
Our Middle Eastern Chill & Community Playlists on Spotify
Want to check out some new Middle Eastern Music?
We love sharing great middle eastern music amongst our TAQS.IM community and S...
Singapore’s Oud Community
One of our main goals here at TAQS.IM is to help folks all around the world forge stronger and closer musical connections, and esp...
Secret Trio’s Hakim Bey & The First Interpretation of Misrlou in Armenian
This week we're going to take a look around our TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Community Facebook Group to bring you some of the best item...
New Book on Non-Western Scales: Modal Hanon
Want to expand a bit beyond the major scale and the three “flavors” of minor? Check out this new book on non-western scales!
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