Emel Mathlouthi, whose song became an anthem of the Arab Spring revolutionaries, will perform at UNC Asheville on March 24. But this December, she takes the world stage. On December 11, Mathlouthi, a ...

Her successive album “Everywhere We Looked Was Burning” found the vocalist implementing more English language in her increasingly experimental, cinematic compositions. EMEL’s current record, “MRA,” ...

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Though best-known for penning anthems for the political revolution in her homeland, Tunisia, singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi is interested in more than protest songs. Tapping ...

Tunisian/American, New York City-based artist, producer, and activist EMEL (Emel Mathlouthi) has shared a club-ready remix from Parisian duo Acid Arab for MRA standout track “Lose My Mind (Ft. Nayomi) ...

A powerful Tunisian singer, now based in New York, gives new voice to our turbulent times. She frames her sweet sound with dark, moody electronics... Singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi is the voice of ...

Emel Mathlouthi, or simply Emel, has announced a lengthy tour in support of Ensen. The album is the Tunisian protest singer’s first for American indie label Partisan, and it’s got a very interesting ...

Last year, Emel Mathlouthi, or simply Emel, released Ensen. It was her first album for a U.S. label (Partisan), following her 2012 debut album Kelmti Horra, which ended up birthing a Tunisian protest ...

Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi performs during the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway - Copyright NTB SCANPIX/AFP TERJE ...

With her powerful, emotional music, Emel Mathlouthi was heralded as “the voice of the Tunisian revolution.” The singer-songwriter-guitarist’s impassioned performances express not only her own feelings ...

Emel Mathlouthi’s vision of protest music is searingly contemporary. This much was clear at a private French high school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side earlier this year, where an auditorium full of ...

"Art is its own message, that especially when you come from a repressive place, or an ignored place, the simple act of saying, ‘Hey, I’m here,’ is important — the art of presence and insistence." “I ...