Forward Music

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Forward Music is a Lebanon based independent record label specializing in World Music.

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Forward Music S.A.L.
Company type Private
Industry Music entertainment
Founded2001 [1]
Headquarters
Beirut
,
Lebanon
Key people
 Ghazi Abdel Baki
Website forwardmusic.net

History

Forward Music was established in 2001 by Ghazi Abdel Baki as a music label.[ citation needed ] Today, Forward Music is an independent label that produces and distributes the work of several musicians and singers in the Middle East. [2]

In 2007, one of Forward Music's projects, "Al Muwashahat", received The BBC Awards for world music . [3]

In October 2010, Forward Music acquired 13 album licenses from the record label Incognito, expanding its music catalogue. [4]

Later, In 2011, Forward Music opened its concert venue in Beirut: The Democratic republic of Music (DRM). DRM hosted 300 concerts in the span of 3 years with artists such as: Stanley Jordan, Tony Allen (musician), Henri Texier, Souad Massi, The Herbaliser, Ilham al-Madfai, Joey DeFrancesco, and others including the label's artists and musicians from Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. [5]

List of current artists

Discography

References

  1. ↑ World Music from Lebanon. Three New Arabic/Brazilian Fusion CDs
  2. ↑ forwardmusic.net
  3. ↑ BBC – Awards for World Music 2007 – Ghada Shbeir
  4. ↑ Forward Music and Incognito announce the consolidation of their businesses - iloubnan.info [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Democratic Republic of Music". Time Out Beirut. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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