Category: Articles

Music and emotion: a personal story

Music is a way to express human emotion, and most likely has existed in its basic form for as long as homo sapiens has been roaming this planet. It has been researched extensively; we know that listening to music has measurable effects on the human mind and body. It almost functions like a drug, which can be used in both...

Cartoon of Doc Jazz by M. Ramadan

‘I felt strangely drawn to his message’ – Kevin Kearney about Doc Jazz

This blog was written by Kevin Kearney, UK sound engineer, on Blogz – original title: ‘Healing Hands of Doc Jazz – Palestinian Surgeon Sings Songs of Freedom‘   I was recently asked to work on a couple of tracks for a client who contacted me via a friend who didn’t have the time himself. The client wanted his songs mastered...

Doc Jazz on stage in Amsterdam

Palestine’s Musical Life Line Is ‘Doc Jazz’: Medic And Musician Extraordinaire

By Sahar Mansour – orig. published at AlBawaba.com and the Palestine Chronicle Title mentioned above by Albawaba, as well as this introduction: “Palestine has a new secret weapon and it’s striking fear into the heart of the competition in the entertainment industry. Doc Jazz is a surgeon and musical activist who presents Palestinians with all-purpose cures for their spiritual or...

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Palestine Youth Orchestra: a Bridge to the World

By Tariq Shadid – Palestine Chronicle – Not everything in the Middle East, or more specifically in Palestine, is about politics. In this occupied nation, people are not only struggling for liberation and independence, but also to live a life that is as normal as possible under the difficult circumstances of Israeli oppression, persecution and segregation. People who are politically...