Next up, “Tendme.” While cut from the same cloth musically, the voice is different – keening, less smooth. This time, the language is unfamiliar. The lyrics are in Libyan Arabic. Ibrahim Hesnawi ...

Richard Bishop (bassist for the Sun City Girls) and Hisham Mayet shot this video documentary at an unnamed music festival in a Saharan trading depot called Ghadames. Their subjects, the Tuareg or Kel ...

AJDABIYA, LIBYA - Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck's stereo when he heads into battle against Moammar Gadhafi's forces. A musician himself, he looks for ...

RABAT - Frustrated at coming close to be the first American rock band to play public concerts in Libya since Muammar Gaddafi took power 35 years ago, a California group wants to try again, its manager ...