THE LAST time Ahmad Fanoos performed in Afghanistan was at a lavish wedding in August 2021, days before America pulled out of its 20-year-long war against the Taliban. A well-known singer and former ...

KABUL, August 15 (UNHCR) - His songs evoke the harsh beauty of his native Afghanistan, a country he fled more than 12 years ago, but they were composed in a green and tidy suburb of Toronto, Canada, ...

Borrowing part of a quote from David Bowie, the Afghan Whigs have announced the name of their new album, and a slew of fall ...

Four decades in, the Afghan Whigs have still got it. The darkly soulful rock greats are heading out on a 40th anniversary tour with Mercury Rev this weekend, and they recently promoted it with their ...

One song playing at the right moment, perhaps with the right cup of coffee in your favorite mug, the sun coming through the window, can really make life worth living. We here at American Songwriter ...

Afghan musician Farida Tarana's new song, Group Sex, in which she criticizes polygamy and Taliban restrictions on women, has caused an uproar in Afghanistan since it was released three months ago. She ...

Last month the Lou Reed tribute album The Power Of The Heart, assembled by producer Bill Bentley, was announced. Keith Richards' take on "I'm Waiting For The Man," Rufus Wainwright's rendition of ...