XLR8R — Syrian musician Omar Souleyman has been slowly releasing his Middle Eastern-indebted music for more than a decade, and now, he's poised to break into a whole new audience with his most recent full-length, which was produced by long-time Souleyma... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has let the likes of Death Grips and Omar Souleyman loose on her Biophilia album – be among the first to hear the results on this new collection of remixesFor her Biophilia project, Björk collaborated with app developers, scientists, wr... more info

Guardian Music — Bastards will be 13-track package including edits by Matthew Herbert, Death Grips and Omar SouleymanBjörk will release a collection of remixes from last year's Biophilia album. Bastards brings together the singer's 13 favourite tracks from this year... more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring Death Grips, Hudson Mohawke, Omar Souleyman, and more. more info

Impose Magazine — On Friday, September 7, Syria's Omar Souleyman and Sierra Leone's Janka Nabay (backed by Brooklyn, NY's The Bubu Gang) performed at Brooklyn, NY's The Well. The show ended with a DJ set from DJ Hutz (a.k.a. Gogol Bordello's Eugene... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Imagine seven men onstage beneath the glowing half-moon bandshell of the Hollywood Bowl, the whole scene Sunday night bathed in serious blue light and engulfed in gusts of stage fog. Like an Arctic Ocean thunderstorm at night, picture a British dance... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at Summerstage in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Omar Souleyman will be in North America this September for Bumbershoot and MusicFestNW, and while he's here, he'll stop in NYC for a show at new Brooklyn venue The Well... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonIt's hard to believe this was the Kronos Quartet's first Prom, with six works by living composers. And for those composers, being performed by Kronos must be a mixed blessing: they invest each score with such commitment that ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Dabke singer Omar Souleyman is currently on a tour with Dengue Fever which hits NYC TONIGHT (6/4) at Webster Hall, before hitting Philly on Tuesday and wrapping up... more info

Guardian Music — Caspar Llewellyn Smith on pop's new international pedigreeIt used to be that when we thought of pop, we thought of Pete Townshend in his union flag jacket, or Geri Halliwell dressed in little more than her undies and styled similarly at the Brit awar... more info