Forward Music
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Forward Music is a Lebanon based independent record label specializing in World Music.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Music entertainment |
| Founded | 2001[1] |
| Headquarters | Beirut , Lebanon |
Key people | Ghazi Abdel Baki |
| Website | forwardmusic |
Forward Music was established in 2001 by Ghazi Abdel Baki as a music label.[citation needed] Today, Forward Music is an independent label that produces and distributes the work of several musicians and singers in the Middle East.[2]
In 2007, one of Forward Music's projects, "Al Muwashahat", received The BBC Awards for world music .[3]
In October 2010, Forward Music acquired 13 album licenses from the record label Incognito, expanding its music catalogue.[4]
Later, In 2011, Forward Music opened its concert venue in Beirut: The Democratic republic of Music (DRM). DRM hosted 300 concerts in the span of 3 years with artists such as: Stanley Jordan, Tony Allen (musician), Henri Texier, Souad Massi, The Herbaliser, Ilham al-Madfai, Joey DeFrancesco, and others including the label's artists and musicians from Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.[5]