- Awadis, Marie – A concert pianist. Biography, a thesis on Vagharshapat Dance, mp3s, the concert program, the list of performances, articles and recommendations.
- Elissa – The official web site of the Lebanese singer. Features a picture gallery, downloadable songs and a biography. Requires Flash version 6.
- Farid El Atrash – Information and works by this Arab composer, oud player and actor.
- Gaboudagian, Garo – Armenian singer performing around the world. Offers a biography, a catalog of albums, information on past and upcoming events, and videos.
- Gaydzagian, Hratch – Armenian singer and dancer. Includes a biography, discography, mp3 files, and various photographs.
- Ghassan Saliba – Dedicated to the Lebanese singer. Includes profile, songs in Real Audio, photos, links, contact.
- Ghougassian, Vani – Includes galleries of watercolor paintings for sale consisting of old houses in the world, people working, still life and portraits.
- Kaabour, Ahmad – Official Web site of the singer. Features a biography, pictures, and songs.
- LebaneseBands.com – Includes news, profiles and events of local performers.
- LebRocks.net – Reports about the rock and metal movements.
- Music of Lebanon.com – Offers Lebanese and Arab music. Various full-length Arabic songs old and new. Top 20, listings by singer, and upcoming releases. CD and cassette store.
- Nancy Ajram Zone – Unofficial fan site for Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram features her biography, news, interviews, photos, song lyrics, videos and wallpapers.
- Beirut Nights – Live Lebanese internet Radio playing Eurodance, French, Arabic and Mediterenean music.
- Jack’s Lebanon Radio Page – Extensive list of Lebanese radio stations. Radio station list, VHF/FM transmission lists, transmitter sites, list of closed Lebanese radiom stations (archive and reference). Also a list of Lebanese television stations. Page by Jack FitzSimmons.
- Marhaba Lubnan Melbourne Australia. – Marhaba Lubnan is a radio program spreading the voice of a Free, Independent and Sovereign Lebanon. Compiled by the UALM in Melbourne Australia. Listen via Real Audio on the net.
- Mix FM 104.4 – 24 hour live music. Specializes in dance, pop, reggae, rap, house and disco.
- Radio Delta – Radio Delta broadcasts from Lebanon to many parts of the Middle East. Features Arabic dance tunes.
- Radio Delta – Lebanese Arabic FM radio station on 102.5 MHz .
Beirut, the largest city in Lebanon, has long been a thriving metropolis, known, especially in a period immediately following World War 2, for its European-style art and intellectualism. Several singers emerged in this period, most famously including Fairuz, an Orthodox Christian from Beirut, Nasri Shamseddine, and Marcel Khalife an activist folk singer and oud player. During the fifteen-year civil war, most of the Lebanese music stars moved to Cairo or Paris, with a large music scene in Beirut only returning after 1992. Modern stars include Najwa Karam, Ragheb Alama, Walid Tawfiq, Wael Kfoury, Nancy Ajram, Melhem Zein, Fadel Shaker, and the so-called Lebanese Marilyn Monroe Haifa Wehbe.
The underground music scene is equally vibrant, spearheaded by rock-pop duo Soap Kills but expanding to include a number of groups from a wide array of genres. Underground Arab hip hop groups, such as Rayess Bek and Kitaayoun in particular are growing in popularity. The annual Fête de la Musique, held in late June, brings the whole country out for organized and spontaneous underground concerts.
Music has played an important role in Lebanese cultural and religious traditions for millennia. In addition to the voice, traditional music incorporates instruments such as the oud, the derbake (a kind of drum also known as the tabla), and the ney.
The Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music is the heart of the classical music world in Lebanon, and home to both the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music.
