Forward Music Information

Forward Music was established in 2001 as a music label that pools together the cooperative efforts of young artists from the Middle East. It aims to encourage new and creative trends in the musical arts, blending the various cultural currents that meet and interact in the country in new fusions and fresh perspectives. It hopes to draw on the rich musical past of the Arab world and the array of contemporary influences to find new musical dialects. Forward Music is committed to making an authentic contribution to our ever-changing culture and to the growing global dialogue of World Music. 2007: We won the B.B.C. World Music Awards 2008: Our CDs have become available worldwide in all major retail stores 2009: We were voted Music Company of the year in Lebanon 2010: We’re releasing 3 New CDs, 7 DVDs, are producing 9 concerts in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Dubai, Morocco, France and China, and are opening our own International World Music Venue in Beirut. www.forwardmusic.net