Kuwait City/Manama: Stay tuned to Al Jazeera English/World May 17-24 for daily broadcasts of the music documentary NEXT MUSIC STATION: KUWAIT & BAHRAIN. Filmed in Kuwait and Bahrain, this music programme highlights Kuwaiti and Bahraini musicians and singers as they speak about their creative output and perform for the camera. Directed by Basque musician and singer Fermin Muguruza, the 52-minute documentary is part of a wider 11-epsiode TV series that has stunningly captured musical traditions and trends from across the contemporary Arab World.  Muguruza’s insightful documentary Checkpoint Rock, about music artists in Palestine, screened at DIFF in Dubai in 2009.

NEXT MUSIC STATION: KUWAIT & BAHRAIN features Bahraini artists Khaled El-Sheikh, Ali Bahar and Sliman Zeyman along with the Al-Umayri Sea Band, contemporary oud player Fawzi Al-Lengawi and award-winning film composer Dr. Amer Jaafar in Kuwait. Produced by Talka Records in Spain in collaboration with Talal Al-Muhanna (Linked Productions/Kuwait), the project received support from the Spanish Embassy in Kuwait and the Foreign Media Dept. at Kuwait Ministry of Information.

Broadcast times on Al Jazeera English/World are:

May 17 @ 20:00GMT; May 18 @ 12:00GMT; May 19 @ 01:00GMT; May 20 @ 06:00GMT; May 21 @ 20:00GMT; May 22 @ 12:00GMT; May 23 @ 1:00GMT; May 24 @ 06:00GMT.