Music of Kuwait

Kuwait's musical traditions were well-recorded until the Gulf War, when Iraq invaded the country and destroyed the archive. Kuwait is known as the center for sout, a bluesy style of music made popular in the 1970s by Shadi al Khaleej. Nabeel and Abdullah Al-Ruisheed are the most popular modern sout performers, who include influences from techno and Europop in their music.

References

• Badley, Bill. "Sounds of the Arabian Penninsula". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 351-354. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0