The awakening of Islamic pop music / Jonas Otterbeck.

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

©2021

viii, 220 pages ; 25 cm.

Published in association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Aga Khan Music Programme.

Awakening -- an Islamic media company formed in London -- has created the soundtrack to many Muslim lives during the last two decades and has produced superstars like Sami Yusuf and Maher Zain, among a host of other artists. As the company celebrates its first 20 years in the industry, Jonas Otterbeck examines Awakening's rise to global success and their pop music inspired by Islam--back cover.

English

October 25, 2021

Music and performance in Muslim contexts

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-206) and index.